Fire Engines Photos

The ICU designation does not say much about what these carry, nor what kinds of incidents they are supposed to respond to, nor why? Some French and German tactical support vehicles, trailers and pods suffer from incomprehensible acronyms too, but these London trucks are pretty mysterious as well!

I suppose you could argue that ANY fire truck is a vehicle which responds to incidents, after all...

Ed: best summary is www.romar.org.uk/page129.html

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 January 2021.

These are for mass decontamination they would operate with a reclothing unit.

Added by Neal Glover on 11 January 2021.

Thanks Neal!

Not exactly self-explanatory.

Added by Rob Johnson on 12 January 2021.

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Rob, the what-you-refer-to-as "mysterious" lack of detail is a deliberate molly-coddling ploy by the authorities to play down the role of these and other vehicles purchased under the "New Dimensions" scheme, post-9/11. The DIM units have no writing on them whatsoever, again done deliberately. The thinking behind this is not to panic the public unnecessarily.

And Andy, that sure sounds like some trip!

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 21 February 2021.

We had a president here who was worried about Covid 19 panic too!

Added by Rob Johnson on 21 February 2021.

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