The new French-built appliance incorporates a 10,000 litres-a-minute water pump that is supplied by four 64mm inlets and two 128mm vacuum or pressure inlets. Water and foam is delivered via a dosifor foam injection system through four 64mm water / foam units, two 64mm and two 128mm water-only units and a 3,800 litres-a-minute to 11,400 litres-a-minute Williams Fire & Hazard Control Ranger3 roof monitor with Hydro-Chem technology for extinguishing three-dimensional fires involving liquids and gases under pressure.

The vehicle's internal tank capacities are 600 litres of water, 3,000 litres of Angus Tridol AFFF one percent and three percent concentrate, 250 litres of Angus TF 3 fluorine-free training foam, and 500kg of Purple K dry chemical powder, which is discharged via two Williams Hydro- Chem branches that are located on either side of the appliance.

It joins an emergency response fleet that includes two E-One American appliances - one delivers 22,701 litres-a-minute of foam or water, and the other 11,355 litres-a-minute. There are also four triple-agent appliances, each with a maximum pumping capacity of 4,500 litres-a-minute, and one appliance with a capacity of 10,000 litres-a-minute that holds up to 4,500 litres of Angus Tridol AFFF foam and up to 750kg of dry powder. This is supported by 120,000 litres of Angus Tridol foam concentrate, which is the largest industrial stock of foam concentrate in the UK.

The new appliance was placed 'on run' in January, 18 months after the addition to the Sembcorp fleet of a high-capacity, fast-delivery water support unit.

Commenting on the new firefighting unit, Greg Richardson, Fire Engineering & Technical Manager at Sembcorp Protection Group said: "Sembcorp Protection Group is charged with safeguarding £14 billion of chemical processing and storage assets on a number of sites on Teesside. Every one of these is a high-risk environment, so our firefighting and emergency response teams have to be supported with the very best vehicles and equipment."

He continued: "The new appliance is destined to play a leading role in protecting our customer's assets and workforces and ensure their business continuity."

For further information contact;

Margaret Walker, SembCorp Utilities (UK) Ltd,
PO Box 1985,
Wilton International,
Middlesbrough,
TS90 8WS

Tel: +44 (0) 1642 212102
Email: Margaret.walker@sembcorp.co.uk

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