Humberside takes delivery of the UK's first fire appliance

摘要

Equipped with Scania's all-new low entry cab, the vehicle carries an aerial ladder platform (ALP), which at 45-metres is the joint highest in the country. To achieve Humberside's overall on-road height requirement of 3.55-metres and provide maximum manoeuvrability and a high level of visibility for the driver, the vehicle has been specified with a low height Scania L 360 B6x2*4 rear-steer chassis. Plated at 26-tonnes gross vehicle weight, the truck has Scania's 360 horsepower, nine-litre engine and is fitted with Scania's CL20L all-steel safety cab, which in addition to two seats provides a generous storage area behind the seats. The ALP is a Bronto Skylift FL45XR model supplied and fitted by Yorkshire-based Angloco Limited. This is the first of its type to be mounted on a Scania L-series chassis and only the second 45-metre ALP in the UK, the other being with Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Compact and lightweight in construction, the ALP stows to less than 12-metres overall length for transportation. Its cage can raise 500 kilogrammes vertically with the load monitored automatically, and there is an integrated, space-saving 3,800-litre per minute capacity water nozzle. Lightweight co-polymer bodywork, aluminium roller shutter doors and locker space for auxiliary equipment completes the bodywork specification.