Older style unit, before Japanese fire truck bodies were fully enclosed with roller shutters, like everywhere else!
They do tend to look rather messy, but they are a lot more interesting.
As usual, this looks almost brand new, despite having been on the front line for fifteen years...
By the way, "chemical" means foam. TFRS has around forty of these, with one at each of around half of their full time fire stations. They serve as regular pumpers as well as first responding foam tenders, and are backed up by eleven larger tandem axle dedicated foam tenders as well as several bulk foam carriers, including pods.
They do tend to look rather messy, but they are a lot more interesting.
As usual, this looks almost brand new, despite having been on the front line for fifteen years...
By the way, "chemical" means foam. TFRS has around forty of these, with one at each of around half of their full time fire stations. They serve as regular pumpers as well as first responding foam tenders, and are backed up by eleven larger tandem axle dedicated foam tenders as well as several bulk foam carriers, including pods.
Added by Rob Johnson on 08 March 2018.