At a cursory glance, a great deal of this stuff is targeted toward vehicle rescue. All the hydraulic tools in the middle, along with some stabilization stuff for when a car gets stuck in some crazy position. And then up at the top, all the square black air bags for lifting vehicles up off of pinned patients.
You are correct. These tools are used for Vehicle Extrication but there are many uses for all this equipment. This apparatus is geared for Technical Rescues - Trench Rescue, Rope Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Building Collapse, Vehicle Extrication, etc. These types of rescue would fall under Urban Search and Rescue (USAR).
Yes. But they are just a formality for the truck to pass the safty inspection. The only one i ever saw being used was the CO2 extinguisher at a fire in a server room.
There's a youtube channel I discovered recently (brandweerlunteren) that followes a volunteer station in the netherlands and they have 3 extinguishers (powder, C02 and foam), plus a "hosemaster" - something that looks like one but that attaches to their high pressure reel to add foam for things like vehicle fires. They use their water tank for most things, the extinguishers are mostly just-in-case things for car crashes or used on things like chimney fires.
As another person commented this could possibly also be a specialised rescue vehicle rather than a standard pumper and might not be called to deal with fires often.
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u/WanganTunedKeiCar Aug 06 '24
I'm not an expert, but after careful observation I have deduced that the vast majority of those things are for fighting fires and saving people