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PURPOSE OF APPLIANCE
Wiltshire is largely rural county with areas where water
sources are scarce. The water carrier provides an adequate water
supply in areas such as these.
The vehicle is designed to perform 2 major functions. Firstly, and
most importantly, to arrive at an incident with 9,000 litres of
water and have the ability to leave this in portable dams, available
to the officer-in-charge, and then leave to replenish its tank and
bring subsequent 9,000 litre loads back to the incident. Its second
function is to act as a large mobile water source for use at those
incidents requiring small quantities of water over a wide area.
For this purpose the vehicle carries a light portable pump which
is capable of being run while it is on its carrying frame and can
be connected to the tank to provide a firefighting jet whilst in
transit.
EQUIPMENT ON APPLIANCE
• Single Compartment tank of 2000 gallon (9000 litre)
capacity.
• Light Portable Pump (LPP) situated at rear of vehicle.
• 2 Flexi-dams used for leaving a water source in an
area, while the appliance reloads.
• 4 x 75mm hose, 1 x 25mm hose
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