Van of fire

The van of fire is the Camion of fireman; one also speaks about machine-pump ( EP ), or about ton-pump (in Switzerland). It is about an automobile véhicue provided

with a water reserve, called “ton”;
of a motor-driven pump, a pump pulled by the Driving of the van and putting water under pressure to send it in the pipes;
of one or several motor-driven pump portables, functioning in aspiration and repression;
of pipes and lances allowing the projection of water on the Fire, of divisions allowing to supply several lances on the same pipe, devices allowing the crossing of the pipes by vehicles when the establishment crosses the roadway;
of insulating breathing apparatuses (ARI) and portable bottles of compressed air, to allow the progression of the teams of attack in the Smoked ;
of material allowing to practice openings in the doors and the walls (axe, mass);
of a cabin allowing the transport of the personnel;
of signal devices: Gyrophare S and sound signalling Hooter let us deux-tons;
of a radio allowing to be in connection with the center of coordination of helps (CTA or Codis in France).

The other vehicle very much used for urban fires is the Large scales, or Car-scale. It is about a retractable scale carried by a vehicle, and which gives access the great heights to carry out rescues (evacuation of people), to convey firemen on the floors, and to sprinkle with in top.

Vans of fire in France

Several types of van of fire are used in France:

the Van pump-ton ( FPT , eight people) and the light van pump-ton ( FPTL , six people), for urban fires;
the vehicle of first intervention ( VPI , four people), for the small communes (difficulty of having titular firemen of the heavy-goods vehicle license) or the difficult to reach places (for example narrow streets), with a cistern of approximately 450 L; they make it possible to ensure the extinction of small fires, or to contain the disasters in waiting of reinforcements;
the rural Tanker ( JRC ), a cross-country vehicle (4x4) for fires except road;
the Tanker forest fires ( CCF ), a cross-country vehicle (4x4) armed by four (sometimes three) people, with a device of self-protection when the vehicle is encircled by the flames (pressurized cabin and sprinkler device of the van), with 2 000 with 4 500 water L (of which a reserve from 300 to 500 L reserved for the self-protection);
the first aid evacuation ( PSE ), a composite vehicle sets fire to Prompt help used in the zone defended by the Brigade of firemen of Paris (BSPP: Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, the Valley-of-Marne);
there exist also mixed vans sets fire to road help, called van pump-ton/road help ( FPTSR );
the van foams great capacity ( FMoGP ), for important hydrocarbon fires;
the towing Motor-driven pump (MPR)

The vans of fire are of color red “sets fire to” (standard NF X 08.008), with a reflecting yellow edge line and a white marking including/understanding inter alia the logo “18” with a telephone. They are priority vehicles of general interest, they are thus equipped with a blue gyrophare and of a siren with two let us tons (pine-pon-pine-pon…).

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technical Schedule of conditions of the Sdis - 56
Note of technical information - Indication complementary to the vehicles of fire and help

Trucks of firemen in Quebec

With the Quebec, the vans of fires are called trucks of firemen. They are generally more imposing than in Europe since they are of the same type as to the the United States. They are equipped with gyrophares red, of a foghorn and of a siren let us multisons. They can be painted in red or in yellow and various markings are used, with the discretion of the cities which have these vehicles.

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, vehicles and barracks of the town of Quebec

Vans of fire in Italy

In Italy, the vans of fires are called APS (AutoPompa Serbatoio).

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FiammeBlu.org, vehicles of Italian firemen

History

The first vehicles of fire were pumps with arm posed on charettes, tractor drawn either by men, or by horses.

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Voir photographs of Vans of fire
photos.sp Nombreuses photographs sappers firemen
the CIV of Photo Fireman Centers Interventions Virtual…

Engins-BSPP.com
Photo-Fireman, the photo album of the Sappers Firemen
Manufacturers and equipment suppliers

CTD Pulverization
Camiva
Gicar (Gimaex)
Hulled grain
Maheu-Labrosse
Rosenbauer (to select “Municipal”; Germany)
Technamm (France)
Vanassche (Belgium)
(France)
SIDES (France)

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