THE FLEET

The front line of our fire and rescue capability is without doubt our pump rescue ladders. These are kitted to an extremely high standard with equipment including heavy duty single core Holmatro, ventilation, BA/Search equipment and a full complement of trauma kits.

This enables crews to respond to a multitude of incidents including but not limited to fires, rescues, RTC’s, incidents at height and around water, minor gas/chemical incidents.

Facts & Figures

• Crew – 5 with a minimum of a Crew Commander in charge
• Pump – 4500 LPM High/Low Pressure with foam system
• Water capacity – 1600 Litres
• Foam Capacity – 125 Litres of Alcohol Resistant Film-Forming FluroProtein (AR-FFFP)
• BA – Yes full BA with Thermal Imaging
• Extrication – Full Heavy duty Holmatro Set, stabilisation kit & heavy duty air bags
• Ventilation – Full positive pressure ventilation equipment
• Working at height  – Safe working at height kits, 13.5/10.5/Roof/Short Extension Ladders
• Off road capability – Limited (dry ground conditions only)
• Trauma Equipment – Full trauma including Defib, Oxygen, Acid attack Response Kit

The latest addition to our fleet is our Hydraulic Platform. This vehicle has undergone an extensive, thorough refurbishment program with West Midlands Fire Transport and Engineering Services including chassis treatment, full respray, new Battenberg markings, new LED lighting, new equipment install and a thorough mechanical, hydraulic service and LOLER testing.

This vehicle is available for Civil Resilience projects, Local Authority hire, film and TV work, camera platform, provision of warm rain at height with our unique “Sharp-Soak” system, safety/bridge inspections, and dust suppression for large demolition projects.

Facts & Figures

• Crew – 2 with a minimum of a Crew Commander in charge and a qualified/experienced operator
• Working height 26 metres
• H-Jacking system
• Fire fighting monitor with remote control (26m height)
• Onboard camera with zoom function with remote viewing
• Full LOLER and maintenance details upon request

This unique vehicle has undergone extensive refurbishment to deliver a huge fire and rescue capability both off road and in hard to reach places.

This vehicle is equipped with Holmatro, BA/Search equipment and a full complement of trauma equipment.

This enables crews to respond to a multitude of incidents including but not limited to fires, rescues, RTC’s, incidents around water, minor gas incidents.

Facts & Figures

• Crew – 3 with a minimum of a Crew Commander in charge
• Pump – Ultra High Pressure Pump with foam system (PTO Driven)
• Water capacity – 800 Litres
• Foam Capacity – 25 Litres of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Concentrates (AFFF)
• BA – Yes full BA with thermal imaging
• Extrication – Holmatro Set & stabilisation kit
• Working at height – Limited short extension ladder
• Off road capability – Full 4×4 Capability
• Trauma Equipment – Full trauma including Defib, Oxygen, Acid attack Response Kit

We have a number of custom built L4Ps which enable crews to respond to incidents in the most hard to reach places, or in places with extremely limited access.

These vehicles carry a multitude of fire fighting media enabling them to respond to multiple classes of fire.

Facts & Figures

• Crew – 2
• Pump – High Pressure fogging/foam system
• Water capacity – 500 Litres
• Foam Capacity – 25 Litres of Litres of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Concentrates (AFFF)
• BA – Yes
• Off road capability – Full 4×4 Capability
• Trauma Equipment – Basic First Aid including burns and defib preparation

With its huge load carrying capacity and stowage for its own Moffett fork lift, this vehicle is able to deliver firefighting equipment, humanitarian aid, emergency aid, disaster relief or medical supplies in bulk, safely and more importantly efficiently.

Within the first 3 months of having this vehicle it was on standby to deliver water for local authority emergency planning.

This vehicle provides a wide range of technical support at incidents including gas detection and monitoring, bio hazard clean up, environmental spill and containment, positive pressure ventilation, flood pumping and other specialist equipment.

This vehicle is also equipped with a rear messaging system which can be used for safety cordons and traffic control.

This vehicle enables incident commanders or personnel to move around large showgrounds and incidents. This vehicle is also equipped with a rear messaging system which can be used for safety cordons and traffic control. This vehicle is also used to respond with our water bowser trailer.

Fitted with a low pressure pump this water bowser trailer can be used to ferry water to prolonged incidents or used on standby for emergency use.

As the vehicle is fitted with its own pump, it is completely self-contained for both filling and pumping and is not reliant on other fire appliances to be utilised.

We also have a number of both high and low pressure tank and pump sledge units available. These are completely self-contained including basic forcible entry tools and water replenishment equipment.

These can be made available on unmarked 4×4 pickups with prior notice both with or without crew, or can be delivered in bulk at short notice with our IRU. These are available to local authority, civil contingency and emergency planning for severe weather conditions such as heat waves, or for prolonged incidents, or incidents where there are severe vehicle access problems.

A full hand over on their use will be given upon delivery and when delivered on our IRU, they will be loaded onto your vehicles with our Moffett forklift.