I keep comments turned of because of some off the idiot's that leave daft or insulting comments. Most people are normal on here but there a few nutters that spoil it for everyone. Thank you for watching and liking my films. I have about17 years of film I'm working through aswell as the new things happening.
These were Cold War long distance water pumping vehicles (to supply water after catastrophic infrastructure damage) repurposed to cover for a strike. These were never used for aerodrome firefighting. For that we use proper modern ARFF vehicles.
Myself and a colleague were responsible for the maintenance and repair for North Yorkshire during the strikes based out of Linton On Ouse. The old Goddesses kept us on our toes but we spent more time fixing local authority loan trucks.
@DanielsPolitics1 There were actually two versions, one which was a civil defence appliance for supplying large volumes of water over long distances (as stated above), the second was a basic fire appliance, mainly used for pumping water/floodwater and rescues as well as fighting small fires in support of the fire brigade, the idea being that the civil defence could provide support and trained manpower to the three emergency services, relieving the pressure on the emergency services, they were never intended to be a primary resource but secondary resource
@@jakedovey7488 I was in the AFS when I was at Uni we had 2 godesses, one was the standard wheelbase and the other a short 4X4 wheelbase. Our training was for the primary purpose of water relays, firefighting was always secondary. The local borough brigade would " borrow " the standard wheelbase pump when one of their civilian bedford's was off the run. They turned it over twice taking corners due to the high centre of gravity and no baffles in the water tank. We were allowed out on bonfire night but having no radios we had to return to station to be given further calls. To cope on bonfire night the brigade mobilised 5 pumps, 2 AFS pumps, 2 vans towing trailer pumps and the CFO had a standpipe and 3 lengths of hose in his estate car. Post amalgamation we now have ONE rescue pump covering the same fireground.
I remember being on one during my service days when the firebrigade went on strike
Hi Robert you have some very beautiful and interesting videos why do you keep the comments turned off????
I keep comments turned of because of some off the idiot's that leave daft or insulting comments. Most people are normal on here but there a few nutters that spoil it for everyone. Thank you for watching and liking my films. I have about17 years of film I'm working through aswell as the new things happening.
It works but it is very old stuff in the Netherlands The Royal Airforce have Modern Crashtenders.
These were Cold War long distance water pumping vehicles (to supply water after catastrophic infrastructure damage) repurposed to cover for a strike.
These were never used for aerodrome firefighting. For that we use proper modern ARFF vehicles.
Myself and a colleague were responsible for the maintenance and repair for North Yorkshire during the strikes based out of Linton On Ouse. The old Goddesses kept us on our toes but we spent more time fixing local authority loan trucks.
@DanielsPolitics1 There were actually two versions, one which was a civil defence appliance for supplying large volumes of water over long distances (as stated above), the second was a basic fire appliance, mainly used for pumping water/floodwater and rescues as well as fighting small fires in support of the fire brigade, the idea being that the civil defence could provide support and trained manpower to the three emergency services, relieving the pressure on the emergency services, they were never intended to be a primary resource but secondary resource
@@jakedovey7488 I was in the AFS when I was at Uni we had 2 godesses, one was the standard wheelbase and the other a short 4X4 wheelbase. Our training was for the primary purpose of water relays, firefighting was always secondary. The local borough brigade would " borrow " the standard wheelbase pump when one of their civilian bedford's was off the run. They turned it over twice taking corners due to the high centre of gravity and no baffles in the water tank. We were allowed out on bonfire night but having no radios we had to return to station to be given further calls. To cope on bonfire night the brigade mobilised 5 pumps, 2 AFS pumps, 2 vans towing trailer pumps and the CFO had a standpipe and 3 lengths of hose in his estate car. Post amalgamation we now have ONE rescue pump covering the same fireground.