Appliances

Our 13 Aerial Rescue Pumps (ARPs) combine the benefits and flexibility of a standard Fire Rescue Appliance with a high reach capability.

KEY FACTS:

• 1500 litres of water per minute at 6.5 bar from three outlets
• 2400 litres of water per minute at 14 bar from monitor
• 125 litres of foam per minute at 25 bar from each hose reel
• Weight 23 tonnes, height 3.7 metres, length 9.5 metres, width 2.5 metres
• Boom package 2.8 metres high with an outreach of 16.5 metres
• Rear wheel steering axle giving greater manouvrability
• 9 litre 5 cylinder diesel engine with 310 brake horse power
• Crewed by 6 firefighters

Water rescues are becoming more and more common and to assist us with this part of our rescue service we have a number of rescue boats strategically located throughout the Strathclyde Area.

KEY FACTS: 

• 1 Pioner boat berthed at the Tall Ship crewed by firefighters at Knightswood and Polmadie
• 1 RIB boat berthed at the Tall Ship crewed by firefighters at Knightswood and Polmadie
• Pioner boats: weight 420kg, length 5.05 metres, width 2.03 metres
• Pioner boats: carrying capacity of 8 persons and propelled by a 60 horse power 4-stroke engine
• Pioner boats: crewed  by 3 firefighters

• Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB): length 5.4 metres and powered by a Yamaha 80 horse power 4-stroke engine
• RIB: carrying capacity of 7 people
• RIB: crewed by 3 firefighters

• Zodiac Mark II boat crewed by firefighters at Motherwell, Ayr and Renfrew
• Zodiac boat: length 4.82 metres, width 1.9 metres, weight 98kg.
• Zodiac boat: crewed by 3 firefighters and propelled by a 25 horse power Yamaha 2-stroke engine

Our new generation Heavy Rescue Vehicle provides essential support at incidents such as road traffic collisions involving large good vehicles, multiple vehicle pile-ups, collapsed buildings, accidents involving aircrafts, and persons trapped in machinary.

KEY FACTS:

• Based at Easterhouse Community Fire Station
• Packed with specialist equipment such as hydraulic rams, heavy duty rescue spreaders and cutters, large capacity air bags, portable winch, angle grinder, trench props, lighting gear, rescue stretchers, cordless cutting gear heavy duty breaking gear.
• Fitted with Vibraphone to assist rescuers to detect casualties trapped beneath rubble or debris
• Fitted with Vibrascope search cameras to assist rescuers to explore ruins, rubble and debris
• Height 2.8 metres, length 9.5 metres, width 2.5 metres
• Crewed by 5 firefighters

The Major Incident Command Unit (MICU) has been designed to provide a central control point for large scale or major incidents, for example, the terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport in 2007 and the factory explosion at Stockline in 2004. Such incidents require a higher level of control over a lengthy period, involving extensive information gathering and decision making, and a meeting area for fire service and other agencies involved.

KEY FACTS:

• Stationed at Dreghorn Community Fire Station
• Weight 17.35 tonnes, height 3.7 metres (4.3 metres inclusive of satellite dish), length 15.9 metres with tractor & trailer , width 2.6 metres
• Divided into four sections - Strategic Command Centre, Welfare Area, Operational and Logistical Control Area and Rear Plant Compartment

We have around 140 standard Rescue Pumps: 

KEY FACTS

• 9 litre 5 cylinder diesel engine  with 260 brake horse power
• 2000 litres of water per minute at 10 bar from 3 outlets
• 120 litre foam tank
• Crewed by 5 firefighters

The Technical Support Unit is a specially equipped appliance that has been designed by the Technical Support Team (TST) and on-call chemists to transport the specialist instruments, equipment and materials that the team may require at a hazardous materials incident.

KEY FACTS:

• Stationed at Hamilton Community Fire Station
• Contains equipment to monitor radiation, detect gases, identify white powders, check for asbestos, and carry out chemical tests in a controlled laboratory environment
• Split into five main areas; analytical and detection, containment and disposal, decontamination, supply of information, and communication

Our Forward Control Units (FCUs) have been specifically designed to provide an operating base at larger scale incidents.

KEY FACTS:

• Based on a Vauxhall Movano 2.5 CDTi
• Stationed at Milngavie, Bellshill and Dreghorn Community Fire Stations and attend all incidents of four pumps or more
• Fitted with satellite broadband system that allows access to SFR's intranet and our Vehicles Mounted Data System (VMDS) which shows building  layouts and risks
• Contains an interactive Smartboard that allows the incident ground to be projected and items to be strategically placed on e.g. fire appliances
• A camera is mounted on the vehicle that can send images of the incident to headquarters via email, video, or live video streaming
• The 'Metal Mickey' camera can provide normal video or thermal imaging
• Each vehicle has two compartments - a control room and a briefing room

Our High Volume Pump (HVP) and Hose Box Pods enhance our ability to assist in mitigating the effects of both natural and deliberate flooding. The HVP/Hose Pods can also be used to enhance our existing capabilities of SFR to pump high volumes of water for firefighting.

KEY FACTS:

• Stationed at Renfrew Community Fire Station
• Transported to incidents via our Prime Mover - a 3 axle vehicle based on  a MAN chassis
• HVP Pod consists of a Hydrosub submersible pump, ancillary equipment, a hose box containing one kilometre of 150mm hose and a hose recovery unit
• The Hydrosub is capable of pumping 8000 litres of water at 12 bars over a distance of 3km
• Prime mover is also used to transport our Environmental Protection Pod and our Incident Welfare Pod