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Brandweer Kapellen Belgium Unimog
Outside Kapellen (Belgium) you can find a forest. To handle fires inside this terrain you need special vehicles. This Unimog 1100 is such a vehicle. It has been refurbished by the Belgium firm Dias. The Fire brigade of Kapellen is not the first owner of this truck. In 1983 the Dutch fire brigade of Lelystad bought this car. The bodywork was built by Doeschot-Rosenbauer. In 1997 Lelystad sold this car to the brigade of Kapellen.
Outside Kapellen (Belgium) you can find a forest. To handle fires inside this terrain you need special vehicles. This Unimog 1100 is such a vehicle. It has been refurbished by the Belgium firm Dias. The Fire brigade of Kapellen is not the first owner of this truck. In 1983 the Dutch fire brigade of Lelystad bought this car. The bodywork was built by Doeschot-Rosenbauer. In 1997 Lelystad sold this car to the brigade of Kapellen.
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Brandweer Kapellen, Belgium
Brandweer Kapellen, Belgium
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This unit's 22 year operational service life is by no means exceptional, and many far older Mogs are in front line fire fighting service all over the World.
To be fair, most of them do not get much action in the Winter and Spring, but when they are deployed they do often inevitably have to operate for hours on end in very rough conditions.
I have driven some of these off road, and their abilities are only limited by the skill/experience/bravery of the driver!
They are usually more expensive than most other 4X4 alternatives, but there are good reasons why....
Added by Rob Johnson on 20 September 2019.