Saving lives and reducing costs with all-terrain vehicles

摘要

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service's 14-tonne gvw U423s are based in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, and Lowestoft. They have replaced the Unimogs on which the authority had relied for more than 30 years to undertake large animal rescues and fight fires on heaths and scrubland. Neil Elmy, Fleet and Equipment Manager for Suffolk Fire and Rescue, explained: "Our previous vehicles gave outstanding service, but we'd reached the point at which we needed to update them with modem, well-engineered equipment which would enhance firefighter safety. If that new equipment could also maximise the authority's return on its investment by offering additional, enhanced capabilities, so much the better."