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[Xplorer4x4]

http://www.fireappar...department.html

 

[jamnj88]

My old dept had one that looked more like a traditional medic and broward county sheriffs office has a sweet looking on it is a full size engine.

[Handsup!]

So you could rock up to a house fire, and treat people in the back and fight fires on the front?

 

sounds like an ambulance and a fire truck made babies tbh

[jamnj88]

http://www.10-75.net...ii/CAM00107.jpg

[Seluryar]

might not be a fire truck. but i bet that as its heading towards you, it looks like one:

Florida ambulance by CasketCoach, on Flickr

[Ghost Graphic Designs]

Paris Fire Brigade and others in France have been using those since I can remember (not sure if they started operating them in 80s, 70s, etc.?). They're called First Aid - Premier Secours - vehicles and they consist of a truck with a crew cab (5 men with paramedic training). The rear part is half ambulance (with stretcher) and half fire engine. This combo has some disadvantages though, such as smaller room for equipment, smaller water tank and little room to work inside the "ambulance", but the French company Camiva has been perfecting the vehicle since then and they've been widely used across big French cities, due to the small width that helps them moving in smaller streets and quick intervention in fires and/or medical emergencies. It's the perfect european rescue truck.

The right side makes it look like a large ambulance... 

 

While the left side makes the vehicle look like a fire engine!

 

It's literally cut in half.

[Handsup!]

I can see that sorta thing being really useful in smaller town