Which types of vehicles do you know?
 
2. Match the English words and the Russian equivalents. Label different vehicles:
| 1. vehicle
| A. пожарная автолестница
| | 2. fire engine
| B. спасательный автомобиль
| | 3. fire boat
| C. насос
| | 4. foam tender
| D. гидравлический подъемник
| | 5. hydraulic platform
| E. пожарный автомобиль пенного тушения
| | 6. pumping appliance
| F. пожарный катер
| | 7. rescue tender
| G. пожарная машина
| | 8. turntable ladder
| H. автомобиль
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3. Study different parts of a vehicle:
4. Label the parts of the car:
5. Read the text and underline the names of vehicles with a red pencil and the items of the equipment they carry with a green pencil:
This is the conventional fire apparatus (also called a fire appliance, fire tender, fire engine, water ladder, pumper and pump-ladder).
It is the most common front line appliance deployed to all emergency calls. It carries and pumps water, rescue and cutting equipment, ladders to deal with fires, road traffic accidents and other rescue operations.
| There are aerial appliances, used for effecting rescue from high-rise structures. Perhaps the best-known forms of specialised aerial apparatus are turntable ladders (TL) an a hydraulic platforms (HD).
 
| | A turntable ladder (TL) is used to gain access to fires occurring at height using a large telescopic ladder, where conventional ladders might not reach. A hydraulic platform (HP), is a large crane fitted with a caged platform which can be hoisted to heights well over 30m in some cases. The platform may be raised to windows or balconies to rescue people. Both appliances are capable of providing a high level water point for firefighting.
| | Rescue Tenders (RT). It’s a generic term for any fire appliance which carries out a «heavy» or «specialist» rescue role. Essentially giant toolboxes on wheels, they are primarily designed for technical rescue situations such as vehicle extrications following traffic collisions, confined space rescues, rope rescues, swiftwater rescues, or building collapses. The equipment it carries varies depending on where it is deployed. It may carry cuttig equipment for use at road traffic collisions or other transport incidents.
| Many fire departments covering large metropolitan areas or those containing many high-risk hazards keep specialist appliances for dealing with hazardous materials (HazMat). These are of several types, from those used to clean spilled oil on streets and highways, to full decontamination units, designed to clean victims and rescuers of contaminants after an incident.
| This is a mobile laboratory, these units can attend a wide range of incidents, including chemical spills and fires, where scientific analysis and monitoring will speed up the detection process and allow firefighters and other emergency services to provide the correct response for the particular incident.
| A Command Unit is used for very large-scale incidents. A fundamental advantage of such an appliance is to accommodate the many different types of communication equipment needed at major incidents. In addition to the wide range of radio frequencies used, fire chiefs often need to send and receive information via satellite links and CCTV of the ongoing situation. The command vehicle can essentially be used as an on-site conference centre for command personnel, mapping and planning firefighting operations and directing crews as they arrive.
| This is a tanker truck, which can also be known as a water tender. It is a special fire appliance with the primary purpose of transporting large amounts of water to the fireground to make it available for extinguishing operations. These are especially useful in rural areas where fire hydrants are not readily available and natural water resources are insufficient or difficult to use. There are foam tenders. They carry large amounts of foam to be used at incidents where water is ineffective or cannot be used to tackle a blaze. They may take the form of a tanker, or a truck carrying foam packets or barrels.
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Notes:
deploy v – развертывать, направлять
occur v – происходить
hoist v – поднимать
vehicle extrication – извлечение из аварийного автомобиля
confined space rescue – спасательноя операция в ограниченном пространстве
decontamination n – обезараживание
large-scale – крупномасштабный
radio frequency – радиочастота
rural a – сельский
6. Fill in the table:
| type of vehicle
| function
| special equipment
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7. Fill in the gaps with the following words: tenders, water, pump, appliance, hydrants, fires, equipment, power, draw. Each space represents one letter.
A.…. tender, which can also be known as a tanker truck is a specialist fire ……… with the primary purpose of transporting large amounts of.…. to a scene. These are especially used in rural areas where fire.……. are not readily available.
The.…….. available on a.…. tender varies between countries and departments, but most.…… have an on board pumping system. This.… is often not of sufficient.…. to fight fires, but is more often used to d… water in to the tender from.……. or other sources. In some areas, the tenders are used to p…. water during f…., and may be fitted with a heavier p… for this purpose.
8. Choose a suitable word in each sentence:
1. The first person who arrived at the scene of the accident phoned for a/an (ambulance/taxi/stretcher).
2. Trucks, fire engines, motorbikes are all kinds of (cars/motors/vehicles).
3. Firefighters can experience negative health effects from unfiltered (exhaust/expense/engine fumes).
4. All cars had to give way to a (tanker/fire engine/police car) on its way to put out a serious blaze.
5. As firefighters started stretching the hoseline, the captain ran to the nearest (hydrant/pipe/trolly).
6. Emergency services have to respond effectively and quickly to all traffic (incidents/wardens/accidents).
7. Our engine company needs vehicles with greater (pumping/propelling/pressing capacity).
8. Modern fire engines may be capable of pumping a chemical (extinguishing/exhausting/expiring agent such as foam).
9. Match the word and the definition:
| 1. to control the direction in which the car is going
| A.indicate
| | 2. to change direction suddenly
| B. slow down, brake
| | 3. to signal that your car is going to turn
| C. collide
| | 4. to make your car go faster
| D. give way
| | 5. to make your car go more slowly
| E. speed up
| | 6. to allow another vehicle to go before you
| F. overtake
| | 7. to pass another vehicle because you are moving faster
| G. park
| | 8. to stop and leave the car
| H. swerve
| | 9. to hit and damage another car
| I. steer
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10. Complete the descriptions of the accidents. Use the verbs below in the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense:
1. (not see, collide, overtake)
The driver __________the car in front of him and he ________the vehicle coming in the opposite direction. The two cars _________.
2. (have to, crash, steer)
He ________slowly but he was too close to the vehicle in front of him. This vehicle_____brake suddenly so he_______into the back of it.
3. (crash, talk, not watch, brake)
She _________ on her mobile so she _______the road at the intersection. Suddenly he_______.The vehicle behind _______into him.
4. (swerve, overtake)
It was snowing and the driver was going to ________ the car. He _________
suddenly and his vehicle came off the motorway.
11. Fill in the table:
| Verb
| Noun
| Adjective
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| well-equipped
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| distribution
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| | fit
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| collective
| | hold
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| requirement
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| | maintain
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| integral
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12. Read the text and open the brackets:
Fire Truck
Of course everyone (be) familiar with the fire truck, which (be) the fundamental piece of equipment that (collect) and (distribute) water, (transport) the firefighters and (hold) all their equipment. In the truck there (be) first aid kit, water fittings and all the hoses and auxiliary gear needed by the firefighters. Firefighters (use) wood ladders that (not/ get) too hot in extreme circumstances. While they (require) more maintenance, the wood ladders (reveal) compromises in the ladder integrity more readily than aluminium ones.
13. Find the following information in the text:
1. The functions of a fire truck.
2. The equipment transported in a fire truck.
3. The type of ladders preferred by firefighters.
4. The advantage of a wood ladder.
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