Kent International Airport Fire & Rescue Service Aviation Firefighting at it's best

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Equipment locker containing: 5 x Sabre Contour fully wrapped carbon fibre cylinders.

1 x 50m 110v Extension Lead

1 X 110v Lighting Tripod

1 x Large Pry Bar

Dry Powder locker containing a drop down tray for a 50kg Dry Powder, Monnex Extinguisher

1 x Stihl Rescue Power Saw

1 x Tool Kit

1 x Fuel Can

Media Locker

2 x 45mm Hose

2 x 70mm Hose

1 x Hi Combat Branch with foam tube attached

1 x Restrcted Delivery, 1 x Un-restricted delivery

A roof top view showing an obstruction light fitted to all Airside Vehicles.

1 x 10.5m Ladder

1 x 5.5m "Bigfoot" Ladder

Mounted onto modern ladder beam gantry's

Our appliances seat a maximum of 4 all with BA Stowage in each seat.

The drivers seat is central with driving controls centre and left. Leaving pump controls to the right.

Hosereel Locker, showing a low pressure hosereel restrcited to 10 bar.

This hosereel is not used for firefighting due to it's low pressure.

It's main use is for washing the appliance down or special services

Equipment locker

1 x Dividing Breach

1 x Stand pipe, turnkey & bar

1 x Tool Kit

Axes, Saws, Bolt Croppers, Club and Sledge Hammers

A rear view

Showing the appliances plugged into the exhaust extraction system ans "snatch plugs"

Each gantry has it's own fan to extract the exhaust fumes out of the station

BCF Locker (135kg)

Bromochlorodifluormethane

This agent is only available to certain organisations, because of it's ozone depleting properties. Which is why it is only ever used in extreme circumstances.

Water tank refill

(Tank Charges)

Our appliances have 4 of these alowing for fast replenishment of water. Due to the GRP construction of our tanks we can only take hydrant pressure, through these charges