Fire Engines Photos

The Land rover is the ACRT (Aircraft Crash Rescue Truck) 400lbs Dry powder unit and the truck is the war office(1945)45 monitor foam unit

Added by Bob Ewing on 27 August 2009.

Thankyou Bob another gem! An amusing incident with an ACRT took place on my first posting, as a green LAC fireman I was tasked to perform a "blowback" on the dry powder kettles. This was to agitate the powder as it settled and could compact. I duly charged the kettle with nitrogen, turned off said nitrogen, then found the pressure relief valve had stuck shut. Being 17 and knowing everything, I proceeded to unscrew the filler on the kettle, yes Mr Ewing you guessed, at the last thread it blew off. One white LAC, at least half a kettle of powder and a fire section covered in the stuff. Needless to say, after two shifts cleaning everything myself, I never made the same mistake.

Added by John Stott on 28 August 2009.

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