Fire trucks in Poland
Since Poland has its own efficient fire engine industry, most fire engines in Poland are produced by the Polish manufacturers Star and Jelcz . However, joining the European Union also opened the market for Western European vehicle and body manufacturers.
General
What is striking with regard to Polish vehicle technology are the sometimes heavy emergency vehicles that are kept in numerous cities and municipalities, but also generally in the area of a voivodeship (highest administrative directorate). These vehicles are mostly recovery cranes, towing and recovery vehicles, trucks, heavy off-road equipment vehicles or semi-trailers as fire water feeders. Unlike in Germany, the standard fire engines can carry large amounts of water with them. As a rule, the extinguishing water carried is between two and eight thousand liters. The marking of the new Polish fire-fighting vehicles has been carried out since 2000 according to the "PN-EN 1846-1: 2000" standard (as of 2011), but the old standard "PN-79 M-51300" is still used in practice for the old vehicles .
Labelling
The fire service vehicles can be identified using a combination of letters and numbers. In addition to the basic assignments and weight classes, the essential extinguishing agents and equipment are assigned numerical sequences. In addition, the identification number of the fire station and the respective administrative district can be seen on all vehicles .
z. B. 421 O 22
- 421 = Fire station 421 ( Kędzierzyn-Koźle )
- O = Opole
- 22 = Medium fire truck
Categorization of fire engines
Usage
- Category 1 = fire engines ( gaśnicze = G)
- Category 2 = special vehicles ( specjalistyczne = S)
- Category 3 = rescue vehicles ( ratownicze = R)
Weight classes
- Class 1 = light vehicles up to 7,500 kg
- Class 2 = medium-sized vehicles from over 7,500 kg up to 14,000 kg
- Class 3 = heavy vehicles weighing over 14,000 kg
Abbreviations for fire fighting equipment and extinguishing agents
- A = car pump (permanently installed extinguishing water pump)
- AW = high pressure water unit (output in l / min in bar )
- B = extinguishing water tank (with quantity information per 1000 liters)
- bud = technical rescue / salvage construction (Polish: budowlany )
- ch = environmental protection (Polish: chemiczny )
- D = ladder park / turntable ladder (length in meters)
- d = road rescue / salvage road (Polish: drogowy )
- DI = Operations Management (Polish: dowódczo-łącznościowy )
- Dz = crane (lifting force in tons)
- H = lifting platform / ladder platform (height in meters)
- Kn = swap body vehicle (Polish: Kontener )
- Kw = supply vehicle (Polish: Kwatermistrzowski )
- M = motor pump ( portable pump carried in the vehicle )
- On = lighting vehicle (Polish: Oświetleniowy ) (power in kW )
- Op = company car (Polish: Operacyjny )
- p = Search and Rescue (Polish: poszukiwawczy )
- Pgaz = respiratory protection (Polish: Przeciw-gazowy )
- Pr = powder extinguishing agent (quantity in kilograms)
- r = exploration (Polish: rozpoznawczy )
- Sn = CO 2 extinguishing agent (quantity in kilograms)
- t = technical assistance (Polish: techniczny )
- W = hose material (length in meters)
- w = water rescue (Polish: wodny )
- wys = rescue from heights (Polish: wysokościowy )
source
- Wolfgang Jendsch: Eastern European fire engines . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-03353-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : BF Oppeln: The fire brigade on the Oder . In: Florian Hessen 1/1989 . Munkelt Verlag, 1989, ISSN 0936-5370 , p. 32-34 .