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Hot new fire appliances
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• Last week's fourth Fire International show, held at the NEC Birmingham, attracted over 150 exhibitors.
There were more than 40 vehicle appliances on show, mainly from Volvo, Mercedes and Scalia, who are all making inroads into the UK fire appliance market.
Dennis had the highest profile of the domestic chassis manufacturers while Leyland Daf was represented through Mountain Range, which had a B-type rescue vehicle and a front-line ambulance on display.
There were several Dennis F127 low-line turntable ladder vehicles along with standard Btypes, which can now be supplied with Cummins C-series engines, an option taken up by the Surrey brigade.
Although Dennis says its new fire engine chassis is expected by next spring, current models will be produced until the end of 1990.
Volvo, which has supplied over 200 appliances to UK authorities, exhibited two of its best sellers—an FL614 with CBK Excaliber bodywork and an FL617 with Metz turntable ladder.
The largest vehicle it displayed was an FL10 8x4 with a 33m Bronto Skylift telescopic platform/rescue ladder, one of six for the London fire service.
Bronto's British supplier, Angloco, has fitted a 28m version to a Mercedes 6x4 for the Wiltshire brigade. The parallelframed 171kW 2228 is a newcomer to the UK and is fitted
with a Mercedes automatic gearbox with integral retarder.
Iveco's 113-year-old Magirus division showed a 120.25AN Lowline 14 tonne GVW chassis with 32m turntable ladder, equipped with the latest Mikrotronik electronic safety control unit. Its safe range indicator panel shows the ladder's full working capability in miniature along with its actual movement through all planes.
Scania showed its first 2.3m narrow-tracked chassis, a P93HL with Fulton & Wylie type-B bodywork for West Glamorgan. The chassis uses Swiss-spec axles with Trilex spoked wheels and has narrower cab steps and flush-sided wheel arches.
Mercedes-Benz, which claims a 12% share of Britain's fire service market, displayed an HCB-Angus bodied 917AF from its LN2 range, equipped with permanent four wheel drive. Wiltshire is taking five 920AFs and Mercedes is developing an 11-tonne 4x4 version.
Perkins was the only engine manufacturer present and gave the new 156kW 2101'i its first public airing.
Telma announced a throttle response system for its retar der when used with automatic transmissions. The first one has been fitted to a Volvo FL614 used by the Suffolk brigade. The device, which is operated via the ABS circuit, gives immediate deceleration when the throttle is released, and is said to overcome the negative drive 'feel' with automatic gearboxes.
D Grau Girling exhibited a portable unit for testing its latest Skidchek DGX category one ABS. Hand-held and measuring 110x55x75mm, the on-board DDU plugs into a cab socket. Self-diagnostic, it can check up to 60 functions and identify faults in coded form. 0 Chubb National Foam, part of the Racal group, showed a GMC Top Kick foam tender from its US sister company.
It is driven by a 187kW Cat 3208 turbocharged engine through an Allison MT643 auto-transmission with lock-up for pumping.
The Hale two-stage pump can deliver 5,680 litimin and has nine separate outlets, each with proportioning valve.
Chubb is looking to sell it in Britain and Europe at around £90,000 and is to develop the pumping station on a proprietary chassis.