Berliner Feuerwehr / Berlin Fire Department LHF 16/12 City Löschhilfeleistungsfahrzeuge MAN 10.224 Pumper/Rescue LHF 2500 Wedding FS Berlin - Germany August 31, 2013
Wedding is one of the 54 volunteer fire stations in Berlin, which operate in co-ordination with the 35 full time stations operated by the paid fire department.
The LHF 16/12 on a MAN 10 ton 220 BHP chassis is the standard pumper in Berlin. It has a 1600 LPM pump, CAFS, a 1200 liter tank, hydraulic rescue equipment and a full suite of ladders including a 12 meter extension. The crew numbers six firefighters.
Each full time station has one or two, as well as an aerial and two or more ambulances. Many have additional special units - Tech I is the largest station with no less than 54 various appliances, pods and trailers!
Now almost all of the volunteer stations also have a rescue pumper, and most have a second or even a third pumper, as well as an assortment of specials dispersed over several locations.
Berlin was the first fire service to develop the combined rescue pump in 1983/4, and after trials the city standardized on these at all of their full time fire stations, then progressively started assigning them to the volunteer companies.
The LHF 16/12 on a MAN 10 ton 220 BHP chassis is the standard pumper in Berlin. It has a 1600 LPM pump, CAFS, a 1200 liter tank, hydraulic rescue equipment and a full suite of ladders including a 12 meter extension. The crew numbers six firefighters.
Each full time station has one or two, as well as an aerial and two or more ambulances. Many have additional special units - Tech I is the largest station with no less than 54 various appliances, pods and trailers!
Now almost all of the volunteer stations also have a rescue pumper, and most have a second or even a third pumper, as well as an assortment of specials dispersed over several locations.
Berlin was the first fire service to develop the combined rescue pump in 1983/4, and after trials the city standardized on these at all of their full time fire stations, then progressively started assigning them to the volunteer companies.
Added by Rob Johnson on 05 September 2018.