Fire Engines Photos

This was replaced by a Scania-Rosenbauer DLK 23-12 Metz unit last year.

Added by Rob Johnson on 18 July 2021.

I should add that this replacement strategy is another example of a big city brigade with its fair share of narrow side streets replacing a straight 32 metre ladder with a 23-12 with an articulated top section.



Added by Rob Johnson on 18 July 2021.

This TTL moved on that day to Dresden-Weisig volunteers substation

Added by Jacques PETER on 22 July 2021.

No surprise JP. In large German cities it is quite common for full time special purpose rigs - especially aerials - to be handed down to volunteer fire companies in the same city when they have reached their front line replacement stage.

In other cases they are often sold or donated to volunteers further afield if there is no role for them with local volunteers.

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 July 2021.

Dresden-Weisig's 32 volunteers attended 62 incidents last year, in addition to providing cover for full time colleagues on several occasions. As well as this MAN DLK, they have a quite new Atego series III rescue truck and an Atego series II HLF pump water tender, as well as the usual personnel carrier. Their former Econoliner DLK had completed 14 years with the volunteers, and was also previously on the full time station roster. I expect that with only a total of around 30 years in service, it too was probably handed down to a smaller volunteer outfit in another community, which could not justify the cost of a newer rig.

TTLs are very often to be found in villages of even only a few thousand people in Germany and Austria, and may just be used a few times a year...

Added by Rob Johnson on 29 July 2021.

Although Dresden's volunteers operate out of 21 fire stations, many of these are in outer suburban areas, so only four have a TTL - and two of these are more compact DLK 12/9 units. Some big German cities tend to want to standardize their volunteer stations' equipment, but Dresden seems to make a big effort to make sure each location has what is best suited to its first response area's characteristics. So there is a mix of HLF and LF 20s and 10s, as well as specials and in two cases only a TSF.

I made a mistake above concerning one of Weisig's units. Their Atego III is actually a TLF 4,000 litre water tender. This, in common with the national specification laid down for this type of truck, does not have a crew cab - which is one reason the company also has a Ford Transit crew bus.

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 August 2021.

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