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305[w]21 GBA 2/34 - Renault Midlum - Warsaw,Poland
A medium rescue pump on a Renault Midlum 210.13, with bodywork by ISS Wawrzaszek, manufactured in 2005. The vehicle is stationed at Warsaw’s State Fire Service Fire and Recsue Unit 5 (Praga-Północ), in the centre of right-bank part of the city. 305[W]21 is mostly dispatched to traffic accidents and other ‘technical’ incidents, where hydraulic or pneumatic rescue equipment is required. It can also take a water tender’s role, thanks to its 2000l. water tank, 200l. foam concentrate tank and a 3400 lpm Ruberg pump. The vehicle is manned by 6 firefighters.
The equipment carried includes:
-a 5-piece Holmatro set + accessories;
-Holmatro door opener + hand pump;
-high pressure lifting bags + accessories;
-chocks & blocks;
-Honda GX390 power generator;
-Vanguard fan (blower);
-Husquarna chainsaw;
-Partner steel & concrete saw;
-toolbox;
-6 MSA Auer BA sets;
-2x 60m high pressure hoselreel;
-13x W-52 (52mm) hose;
-10x W-75 (75mm) hose;
-2x turbojet branches;
-foam branch;
-ice rescue sled;
-4-piece scaling ladder;
-R-2 first aid set (incl. portable respirator) + 2 backboards;
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The predecessor of the State Fire Service Fire and Rescue Unit 5, the Unit 5 of the WSO (Warsaw Fire Brigade) was established in 1878, in a period when Poland did not exist as a state and Warsaw was the second largest city of Russia, for it was the Russian occupation zone where it ended up after the Partitions of Poland. The 19th Century units were easy to tell apart on the street, thanks to assigning horses of specific colours to each station. In addition, green banners were installed on the hand pumps and carts of Unit 5. Today, black and olive green are the official colours of the station and all its equipment is marked with them. Following the Second World War, the Warsaw Fire Brigade was constantly expanding its rescue capabilities and the Water Rescue Group was established in 1969. Station 5 was its home ever since.
The station’s vehicles are as follows:
GBAt rescue pumper
GBA pumper
GCBA MAN heavy tanker
GCBA Tatra heavy tanker (soon to be replaced)
GCPr heavy dry powder tender
SD-30 30m (100 ft.) turntable ladder
SRw Man - diving and water rescue appliance
SRw Jelcz – boat transport/diving unit
SKw – auxiliary truck
SLRr – minibus
SLOp – station officer’s car
The station also houses a few boats. Unit 5’s rescue cutter ‘Żar’ (‘Heat’) is moored at the adjacent Praga Port.
To do their job effectively within their staff limitations, the crew of JRG-5 came up with their own dispatch procedures for specific incidents, for instance:
‘Traffic accident’: 305-21 (rescue pump), 305-22 (pump/water tender)
‘Fire’: 305-22 (pump/water tender), 305-25 (pump/tanker) and either 305-51 (turntable ladder) or 305-26 (the heavy Tatra tanker).
http://kmpsp.inf.sgsp.edu.pl/jednostki/jrg/5.php
http://www.ratownictwo.org.pl/index.php
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The above description was co-edited translated by Konrad Nowak.
A medium rescue pump on a Renault Midlum 210.13, with bodywork by ISS Wawrzaszek, manufactured in 2005. The vehicle is stationed at Warsaw’s State Fire Service Fire and Recsue Unit 5 (Praga-Północ), in the centre of right-bank part of the city. 305[W]21 is mostly dispatched to traffic accidents and other ‘technical’ incidents, where hydraulic or pneumatic rescue equipment is required. It can also take a water tender’s role, thanks to its 2000l. water tank, 200l. foam concentrate tank and a 3400 lpm Ruberg pump. The vehicle is manned by 6 firefighters.
The equipment carried includes:
-a 5-piece Holmatro set + accessories;
-Holmatro door opener + hand pump;
-high pressure lifting bags + accessories;
-chocks & blocks;
-Honda GX390 power generator;
-Vanguard fan (blower);
-Husquarna chainsaw;
-Partner steel & concrete saw;
-toolbox;
-6 MSA Auer BA sets;
-2x 60m high pressure hoselreel;
-13x W-52 (52mm) hose;
-10x W-75 (75mm) hose;
-2x turbojet branches;
-foam branch;
-ice rescue sled;
-4-piece scaling ladder;
-R-2 first aid set (incl. portable respirator) + 2 backboards;
*^*^*^
The predecessor of the State Fire Service Fire and Rescue Unit 5, the Unit 5 of the WSO (Warsaw Fire Brigade) was established in 1878, in a period when Poland did not exist as a state and Warsaw was the second largest city of Russia, for it was the Russian occupation zone where it ended up after the Partitions of Poland. The 19th Century units were easy to tell apart on the street, thanks to assigning horses of specific colours to each station. In addition, green banners were installed on the hand pumps and carts of Unit 5. Today, black and olive green are the official colours of the station and all its equipment is marked with them. Following the Second World War, the Warsaw Fire Brigade was constantly expanding its rescue capabilities and the Water Rescue Group was established in 1969. Station 5 was its home ever since.
The station’s vehicles are as follows:
GBAt rescue pumper
GBA pumper
GCBA MAN heavy tanker
GCBA Tatra heavy tanker (soon to be replaced)
GCPr heavy dry powder tender
SD-30 30m (100 ft.) turntable ladder
SRw Man - diving and water rescue appliance
SRw Jelcz – boat transport/diving unit
SKw – auxiliary truck
SLRr – minibus
SLOp – station officer’s car
The station also houses a few boats. Unit 5’s rescue cutter ‘Żar’ (‘Heat’) is moored at the adjacent Praga Port.
To do their job effectively within their staff limitations, the crew of JRG-5 came up with their own dispatch procedures for specific incidents, for instance:
‘Traffic accident’: 305-21 (rescue pump), 305-22 (pump/water tender)
‘Fire’: 305-22 (pump/water tender), 305-25 (pump/tanker) and either 305-51 (turntable ladder) or 305-26 (the heavy Tatra tanker).
http://kmpsp.inf.sgsp.edu.pl/jednostki/jrg/5.php
http://www.ratownictwo.org.pl/index.php
_______
The above description was co-edited translated by Konrad Nowak.
Renault
Added by Rob Johnson on 30 August 2013.