Following on from the previous blog about the images taken from the different fire trucks and the equipment used, I thought I would discuss the information I have gathered from the trip and also online research.

Research from the trip:

Within the fire station (example being Bexley health) but the majority of the stations are like this. They have the iconic red garage doors where behind them sit the two fire trucks. (image below)

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When you walk in on the left hand side is the rescue truck and on the right is the fire truck. I did not know there was two different trucks that feature within the fire service I always just through they had one with everything in it, which made me realise I wanted to show case this somewhere within my design.

Rescue truck and equipment

From trip / My uncle explained to me about the two different types of fire engines and what the equipment implied. The rescue truck is used for more maintanence, road traffic accidents (RTA) horses getting stuck etc. Within the fire truck on both sides there is equipment used for this incident that occur. Now these two different fire trucks are located in this fire station, there is a large amount of other fire trucks that can be used but the focal point within this research and the designs are the rescue and fire ones.

definition of a rescue truck:

A heavy rescue vehicle is a type of specialty emergency medical services or firefighting apparatus. They are primarily designed to provide the specialised equipment necessary for technical rescue situations, as well as search and rescue within structure fire

Notes from the recordings:

list of equipment in a rescue fire truck: