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原文传递 FIRE INSIDE

题名：	FIRE INSIDE
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	Although emergency fleets are legally exempt from O-licence requirements, ECFRS's fleet services department maintains its 87 fire appliances and 33 specials according to, or to tighter tolerances than, DVSA's Guide to Roadworthiness, explains assistant engineering manager Matthew Parsons. "Working in fire and rescue, these vehicles have the blue lights on and are manoeuvring through traffic in some difficult circumstances to make progress. We need to do everything we can to make sure that they get to an incident safely," he says. This means, for example, commercial vehicle tyres are changed at 3mm tread depth rather than the industry-standard 1mm. Brake, steering and suspensions are also high-priority maintenance. ECFRS operates 50 fire stations, each with at least one or two fire appliances. Most are so-called B-types, mostly 18t Scania 4×2s with a fire rescue ladder on top, a water pump at the back and lockers and equipment on the sides. In addition are specials, such as 26t aerial ladder platforms with 32m-extending booms, off-roader 6×6 sprinters for rural response, as well as support vehicles such as hooklifts with containerised welfare, environmental or foam pods on the rear. And then there is the light vehicle fleet: workshop service vans, stores vans, vans to maintain hydrants, vans for fire prevention outreach, and passenger cars for fire response, pool cars and more.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Transport engineer
期：	Jan.
页码：	16-18