Fire Engines Photos

Ziegler certainly found ways to pack a lot of kit into this pumper. Quite typical stowage solutions on a German designed appliance, including tip-down shelves and swing-out storage panels, folding steps to access the upper levels and the powered roof rack for ground ladders, suction hoses and ceiling hooks. All the heaviest items are stored low down to keep the center of gravity low and improve handling...

Fitting the truck with two high pressure hose reels is common in the Netherlands, unlike Germany, where they usually have a single rear mounted reel. Dutch pumpers are also most often RWD, like this Atego, while in Germany 4X4 are much more commonplace.

The long and easily accessible suctions on the roof have been a feature of dutch pumpers for decades, because the country has open water sources almost everywhere, and the fire services take full advantage of this feature of the landscape! The red "ball" in the pump locker is the float, next to the coiled line used to locate and retrieve the suction.

Added by Rob Johnson on 18 February 2018.

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