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Operational Support Unit Cheshire
K629KMB is a Merceedes Locomotors WtrT which has recently been converted to OSU. This vehicle operated by Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service to attend road traffic collisions etc and carries enhanced rescue equipment,jacks, lifting bags etc.
The staging seen at the front of the appliance is to get access to the front cabs of large trucks and is carried on the roof in place of the 135 ladder
The OSU is based at Winsford and seen at the station open day 4th July 2009. It replaces the X reg Dennis SS
K629KMB is a Merceedes Locomotors WtrT which has recently been converted to OSU. This vehicle operated by Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service to attend road traffic collisions etc and carries enhanced rescue equipment,jacks, lifting bags etc.
The staging seen at the front of the appliance is to get access to the front cabs of large trucks and is carried on the roof in place of the 135 ladder
The OSU is based at Winsford and seen at the station open day 4th July 2009. It replaces the X reg Dennis SS
Bob, it's called one upmanship ie 1 brigade has a Rescue Pump so another brigade calls it an Enhanced Rescue Pump same thing with the CARPS look how different brigades name them so they sound that bit better than the rest !
It's a case of i drive a Rescue pump, i drive a Enhanced Rescue pump, same machine, one brigade says it's name sounds better simple case of one upmanship mate !
Added by John Johnstone on 06 July 2009.
It's a case of i drive a Rescue pump, i drive a Enhanced Rescue pump, same machine, one brigade says it's name sounds better simple case of one upmanship mate !
Added by John Johnstone on 06 July 2009.
Could not have put it better myself,maybe i should
tag myself as Robert from now on,it sounds more
enhanced!
Added by Bob on 06 July 2009.
tag myself as Robert from now on,it sounds more
enhanced!
Added by Bob on 06 July 2009.
All Cheshires first away machines are designated Rescue Pumps...this unit is classed as a 'special' and is only ordered on when the circumstances dictate ie multiple entrapment, HGVs or PSVs involved etc. It is single crewed with a support pump turning out with it. The old Dennis had a Moffat Mounty fork lift truck on the deck at the back of the appliance but this has not been included on the replacement machine
Added by Barrie Green on 07 July 2009.
Added by Barrie Green on 07 July 2009.
Mercedes-Benz
Added by Bob on 05 July 2009.