Fire Engines Photos

As indicated by its designation, these had a 1600 LPM pump and a 600 litre water tank. Many volunteer fire companies bought these, but quite a few specified a larger tank, as 600 litres did not go very far if a 52 mm first attack line flowing 400 LPM was deployed, and this was the usual SOP for any structure fire. The more recent DIN specification has been updated to provide for a 1000 litre tank, which is more adequate, especially if the unit has CAFS.

Added by Rob Johnson on 20 October 2023.

Rob, my mistake it's a LF10/6, 1000 LPM pump and a 600L water tank.

Added by Jacques PETER on 22 October 2023.

Both were physically identical, so it’s very easy to make that mistake! The big selling point was that they had a water tank, while the old preceding DIN specification LF 8 didn’t. As it turned out, this 600 liter tank did not provide much autonomy - which was incidentally the same problem the BSPP suffered with the old PS pump and ambulance combinations.

So now the replacement specification in both cases includes a 1000+ litre tank….

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 October 2023.

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