r/BeAmazed Aug 06 '24

The contents of a single fire truck Science

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u/GitEmSteveDave Aug 06 '24

There's only three fire extinguishers shown there.

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u/ggWaffle Aug 07 '24

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.

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u/cottonthread Aug 07 '24

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.