Fire Engine question...

[NDA]

I passed a fire engine today that looked like a gas delivery lorry - i.e. a large cylinder on wheels. All done up as a fire engine.. I am curious as to what it was - never seen one before and Google is not helping.

Put here as folk here are more likely to know.

Thanks

[Shuff4]

Additional water unit maybe?

[HustleRussell]

Bulk water carrier

[Jakg]

http://www.cinifiretech.co.uk/fire-brigade-vehicle...

[vonhosen]

Like this?

[Roo]

HustleRussell said:

Bulk water carrier

That. ^^^^

Surprised you've never seen one before.

[NDA]

Roo said:

HustleRussell said:

Bulk water carrier

That. ^^^^

Surprised you've never seen one before.

Mystery solved... thanks. I couldn't think what it was.

It never crossed my mind that the fire brigade would have such a thing. I have lived a sheltered, and largely dry, life.

[Sheepshanks]

NDA said:

Roo said:

HustleRussell said:

Bulk water carrier

That. ^^^^

Surprised you've never seen one before.

Mystery solved... thanks. I couldn't think what it was.

It never crossed my mind that the fire brigade would have such a thing. I have lived a sheltered, and largely dry, life.

My dad was a fireman and I can't recall ever seeing anything like that - I'm sure Merseyside or Cheshire don't have one.

[Pica-Pica]

HustleRussell said:

Bulk water carrier

Yup. Not that uncommon.

[Roo]

They're very common if you live anywhere slightly remote where there is no access to a fire hydrant.

[Pica-Pica]

Bowser is the name for it.
Can be for water, fuel, oil, etc.

[Second Best]

Perhaps a result of my life in London and Bristol, but I'm late 20s and have never seen one of those (in fire brigade livery) before. Every day's a school day.

[Puddenchucker]

As mentioned above, they're probalbly more common in rural areas where an incident may be a long way from a hydrant or other usable water supply.
e.g. such as when a combine harvester catches fire in the middle of a tinder dry corn field.

Norfolk Fire Service has at least two of them.