A multi-million-pound investment into new fire equipment by Norfolk County Council will see the addition of four tactical response vehicles to the county’s fire and rescue fleet.
The four Toyota Hilux 4x4s enable firefighters to quickly attend isolated locations and deal with emergencies in the event of a sudden or heavy rainstorm.
Cllr Margaret Dewsbury, Cabinet Member for Communities and Partnerships, said: ‘These smaller vehicles are particularly useful in getting emergency workers on scene quickly to fires in isolated locations, such as forests and clifftops, and to incidents of flooding and deep snow or ice.
‘Large fire engines cannot always access such locations easily, and so firefighters in these vehicles can begin tackling wildfires with misting units or start to help a person needing medical care at the scene of an isolated incident while awaiting further resources.’
At a cost of £175,000, the new vehicles, complete with misting units, will be located at Reepham, Acle, Downham Market and North Walsham early in the New Year.
The new vehicles come in addition to the recent £7m investment in 22 new fire appliances for Norfolk, which replace an ageing fleet that had come to the end of its working life.
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