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| Ireland
has the following types of fire engine.It is not a complete list as
there are some other one off vehicles. For more information about
the equipment
carried visit the equipment and fire
engine pages. If you have photos of your
appliance in Ireland be it a special or not one it is operational
and on turnout why not send them in with a description and expand
the page. All persons will be duly credited (with thanks not money
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Standard Class B Water Tender.
This is the standard frontline fire appliance in Ireland. Crewed by
a driver, officer and 3 or 4 firefighters.Each fire engine consists
of a fully enclosed cab (for the rainy Irish weather!). The main equipment
section has a standard layout of 3 lockers either side with a rear
locker containing the main pump and other equipment. On the roof we
carry 4 aluminum ladders 13.5M (45') 10.5M (35') a short extension
ladder and a roof ladder. The internal tank has a 1800 litre water
capacity with many appliance also having an integrated foam tank and
the newer version having an optional C.A.F.S. (compressed air foam
system) ability.
The older models stored equipment on the roof such as hose ramps and
drags but with the removal of the rear roof access ladders and the
installation of slide mounted ladder retrieval gantrys this practice
is dying out. |
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 Turntable
Ladder
30 Metre or 100' Turntable ladder. l am not
sure if any county in the south apart from Dublin has a turntable
ladder as most opt for hydraulic platforms.The 2 in Dublin are stationed
in the headquarters in the city centre and crewed by a driver, officer
and 2 firefighters.
The ladder can be used as a water tower via a large monitor at the
head of the ladder, a rescue ladder either climbing it, a sling
rescue (like a crane)and rescue using an attachable 2 person cage.
The only equipment carried on the ladder is to facilitate these
operations.
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Hydraulic Platform
Of varying heights this one is the Bronto
stationed in Cork City HQ. In Dublin a rear crew cab means that there
are 3 personal on board as opposed to two in Cork City. |
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Emergency Tender
for heavy and specialized rescue. Carries a large variety of equipment
from thermal imaging cameras to floating platforms for swiftwater
rescue. The model shown here actually replaced a purpose built one
as the crews found this one much easier to use and retrieve equipment
from. Every county has some sort of rescue tender with the likes of
Cork City having a large crane mounted on the rear. |
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Foam tender
Usually covers a petrochemical risk
such as the docks in Dublin. This one stationed in North Strand
Dublin carries nearly 3200 litres of foam and can produce low medium
and high expansion foam. In addition a foam support vehicle is also
dispatched when large amount of foam are required.
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 Tunnel
Response Vehicle (TRV)
A new vehicle for Ireland purpose built to repsond to fires in the
new Dublin Port Tunnel whcih is 4.5 km long and is designed to take
away most of the heavy goods vehicle from the city centre in particular
those whcih arrive in huge batches off the ferry ships in the docks.
The vehicle is fitted with compressed air
foam systems and long duration twin cylinder breathing apparatus
sets. The applaince is to be stationed in North Strand and is the
only one of it's kind in the country.
For more information and photos on the vehicle visit the TRV
page>>>
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Pod carrier
or prime mover which in Dublin has a number of different containers
e.g. Major incident, breathing apparatus, control room etc. which
can be dropped and left at a protracted incident. |
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Decontamination unit
Contains equipment for setting up a
decontamination area and showers for firefighters and casualties.
A Chemical incident support unit carries an inflatable tent and extra
equipment such as radiation detectors and gas tight chemical incident
suits. |
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 Officers
Car / Support car
In Dublin the car shown is for a district officer of which there are
six. There are in charge of several stations each and respond to all
2 pump incidents. |
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Organization Structure
