DUBLIN CIVIL DEFENCE Bandvagn 206

DUBLIN CIVIL DEFENCE Bandvagn 206
Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Land Systems) for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units, with all four tracks powered. It can carry up to 17 people (6 in the front compartment, 11 in the rear), although the trailer unit can be adapted for different applications (see Variants section). Like its predecessor, the Volvo Bv 202, the Bv 206 is designed to carry troops and equipment through snow and bog-lands in northern Sweden. The low ground pressure enables the Bv 206 to cope with a wide range of difficult conditions. It is also fully amphibious, with a speed in water of up to 4.7 km/h. Over 11,000 have been produced and they are used in more than 37 countries worldwide. The total load capacity is 2,250 kg and a trailer of up to 2,500 kg gross weight can also be towed behind the second compartment. The Bv 206 is referred to as a Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV) pronounced "susvee" in United States service. U.S. military variants include the ambulance variant, the flat-bed cargo carrier, tactical operations center variant, and the standard model. U.S. military models are fitted with a 6-cylinder Mercedes diesel engine and a non-halon fire suppression system since 1997 due to several cases where the front car caught fire and burned to the frame. Additional users include the American and Australian Antarctic research organizations and Icelandic search and rescue services. They are also used for search and rescue services in the Australian alpine region. As well, the Bv 206 was used in combat by the Canadian Forces during Operation Anaconda. The Singapore Armed Forces also uses the Bv 206 and recently transferred several of them to the Singapore Civil Defense Force to be used as a firefighting platform. The Bv 206 is used in Antarctica, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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[fireserviceafs]

id just like to say that the date is wrong as it arrived in 2010 and not 2009 and also i wounder if bill put in a claim for wip-lash when he nearly smacked his face on the windscreen when he was diving it. (4.36)

[mrandyd11]

i understand about taking money away from retained fire fighters but maybe they could back up a fire crew on a call out jus to start getting up some experience and also use them for tackeling goarse fires and leave the retained and full time fifrfighters to be able to respond to emergency call outs ie. r.t.c car fires etc.......

[traineespark]

@barryEngland im a retained ff in kildare, but wouldnt like to see them tackling fires cos it would take money away from us.... if u can take that as a fair point. but they do help us out at flooding etc...

[traineespark]

@barryEngland im a retained ff in kildare, but wouldnt like to see them tackling fires cos it would take money away from us.... if u can take that as a fair point. but they do help us out at flooding etc...

[barryEngland]

@traineespark The army would be utilised moreso for insurance reasons if nothing else

[barryEngland]

@traineespark Not BA trained, fire behaviour trained yes, backdraft & flashover theory at least

[traineespark]

i take ur point its a good one. but would the unions allow that, cos the city would use the civil defence and the afs cos they r free? and volunteers??

[mrandyd11]

dont know but they should be so they can provide some sort of back up for dfb who are stretched due to cut backs and personnell retiring

[traineespark]

are civil defence BA and fire behaviour trained?

[mrandyd11]

bout time some money went into getting civil defence the equipment they need hope they will be backing the dublin fire brigade soon other than gorse fires in the dublin mountains get them training with dfb more and more so we can hav a proper civil defence in ireland