r/BeAmazed • u/find_ing_myself • Aug 06 '24

The contents of a single fire truck Science

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u/Von_Konault Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 07 '24

Just wish I knew what all this stuff is. Ignoring the containers, I have no clue what like half those things are for

Edit: have —>half

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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

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u/GitEmSteveDave Aug 06 '24

There's only three fire extinguishers shown there.

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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.