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when this appliance went operational support it was 1st based at lewes then went to battle this appliance is now out of service and east sussex have replaced it with 2 technical rescue units based at lewes and battle see picture 5075

Added by Harvey Dan on 04 January 2008.

having looked in my old fleet list east sussex had 3 of these's not 2. brighton battle and lewes.
this photo is of G118, TAP based at brighton which came out of service between june 99 and april 01
the other two appliances G117, TAP at lewes and G119, TAP at battle.

Added by Harvey Dan on 04 January 2008.

Harvey, first thanks for filling in the registration of the old rescue tender from Brighton, I could'nt see it clearly from my old photo.Secondly, I said above
the E.S.F.B.had three rescue tenders and no mension of only 2.Finally for your interest, the three vehicles when going as Operational Support Units went to the
day-crewed stations at Battle, Bexhill and Uckfield......Pete Matten

Added by Pete Matten on 05 January 2008.

The one at Brighton was G117 TAP.

Added by Ian Moore on 05 January 2008.

the reason why East Sussex introduced these machines is that a senior officer moved from Staffordshire, where they had them before.

Added by Peter Williams on 05 January 2008.

Comment to Peter Williams: I thought it was the other way round! The East Sussex senior officer was Peter Reid, and, as I have always believed, he became CFO of Staffordshire AFTER his stint with East Sussex. And therefore, his fondness of this type of vehicle is the reason Staffordshire purchased three of them! Staffs also bought a M.A.N. 16-240/Metz/Angloco TL identical to the TL(s) operated by East Sussex. I could of course be wrong!

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 06 January 2008.

thank you for the correction. I knew there was a connection as nobody else had Jeep J20's in that configuration - see picture 5503

Added by Peter Williams on 09 January 2008.

Hi, east sussex bought 3 of these in 1990. They were first stationed at Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.Uckfield and Battle had Jeeps.When a certain chief arrived he then started to up grade pumps to Extended rescue pump status.This only happend to a hand full of atns at first.He didnt like the fact the 3 RVs were jump crewed with the TLs so the were then dis astablised.As all the first away pumps had a rescue capability 2 of the 3 GMC found a new role as OSU at Battle and Uckfield at the same time a Heavy rescue unit became operational at Lewes.This all happened over 3/4 year from 1992 to 1996, hope this helps.

Added by Shaun R. on 17 April 2008.

What actually happens to a Rescue Tender when it is transformed into an Operational Support Unit?

Added by Rob Johnson on 28 September 2013.

Brighton's Jeep attended the "Grand" in 84 as did a Range Rover 6x4 (Sussex's) and their MAN Metz TL which I think had been with them for 12 months.

Added by Michael William Earith on 03 November 2024.

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