Fire Engines Photos

Nice looking appliance. Is this a first away vehicle, or a woods truck, or a combination of both?

Added by David L on 24 October 2010.

This truck is used to attend all fires in the more remote areas, there's also a Rüstwagen on the same chassis based at this station. Incidently, there are 4 stations in St Moritz. This one which is the main station; where, in the event of a fire call, all firefighters report to, 1 in the main town where there's a standard WrL on a Mercedes 920AF, another by the Council depot housing an HP (Hubretter) on a MAN 28.464 6x6 chassis with a 36m Bronto booms and a KLF (Kleine Lösch Fahrzeuge) which rougly translated is a "Small Fire Tender" on a Toyota Hiace 4x4, The fourth station houses the Chemiewehrfahrzeug (Chemical Incident Unit) on an Iveco Daily 50C (this replaced an ageing 1971 Fiat in 2009) this has 3 modules in roll containers (unfortunately my German isn't good enough to attempt a full translation, but it acts as a BA unit and can also tows the boat, a trailer with barriers and the sand spreader in the event of an oil spillage. The other vehicle Chemiewehrfahrzeug der Gebäudeversicherung. This is another Chemical Incident Unit, which attends incidents throughout the whole Canton (region) of Graubünden (this includes the other famous ski resorts of Davos and Klosters) it has 4 modules for Chemical and oil incidents split in roll containers and is on a "Hi-top" roof Chevrolet Chevi-Van. I have quite a few pics from Switzerland, which I will post next week (just in the processes of moving house!)


Added by Adey Allison on 28 October 2010.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Added by David L on 29 October 2010.

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