I've been refurbishing CHVFB's fire appliances, basing the new ones on the German fire engines of the 1970s and 1980s. Here are the first two - two TLF8/20s. TLF refers to a fire engine which carries its own water supply (T=tank, L=losch, i.e. extinguishing, and F=fahrzeuge, i.e. vehicle), and the 8 refers to the pumping capacity of the pump, 800 litres per minute. The 20 tells you the tank capacity is 2000 litres of water.
Both appliances have a front-mounted and also carry a portable pump, 2 cans of foam concentrate, hand tools, search lines (in the blue bag), a chainsaw, spade and broom, first aid gear suction hose and rescue ladders. The difference between the two is the ladders. One has a short double extension ladder and a roof ladder; the other a long double extension ladder and a roof ladder. The reason for the short ladders on one is because it is first call appliance for the Old Town (a World Architectural Heritage Site) where the narrow streets make manhandling longer ladders difficult. For the second appliance, there are only pictures of the roof ladders.
That's enough words, on with the pictures.
