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Complete and develop the description of a fire truck using the information from the table
Use the following phrases:
It is used in…
It responds to…
It is equipped with…
It is …meters high.
It weighs…kg.
It was delivered to…in…
A dual-purpose ladder in London
| Type of fire truck
| Dual-purpose fire truck
| | Country
| The UK
| | Function
| A standard vehicle deployed to all emergency calls by the London Fire Brigade
| | Purpose
| Firefighting and rescue operations
| | Main parameters
| DPLs weigh around 11.2 tonnes, and are approximately 7.7 m long, 2.3 m wide and 3.2 m high.
| | Pumping capacity
| 3,910 l/min
| | Type of equipment
| a short extension ladder and a cat ladder for climbing roofs, cutting equipment, a portable generator, a lightweight portable pump, water-packs, inflatable airbags, road signs, floodlights, a medical kit, hose ramps, general tools, chemical suits, breathing apparatus,
| | Make/model
| 216 Mercedes-Benz Atego
| | Date of delivery
| Between 2002 and 2007
| | Number in operation across the city of London
| approximately 170
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19. Match the questions and the answers:
| 1. Matt! Could you tell us more about fire engines?
| A. It carries and pumps water, rescue and cutting equipment, ladders to deal with fires, road traffic accidents and other rescue operations.
| | 2. When do you use them?
| B. Well, there are a lot of them. For instance, different aerial appliances, such as: turntable ladders an hydraulic platforms.
| | 3. What is the purpose of this fire engine?
| C. A turntable ladder is higher than a conventional telescopic ladder. But if you have to get to heights well over 30m, you use a hydraulic platform.
| | 4.Do you have any specialized fire appliances?
| D. The equipment it carries varies depending on where it is deployed. It may carry heavy-duty cutting equipment for use at road traffic collisions or other transport incidents.
| | 5. What is the difference between them?
| E. We use a rescue tender. It’s a fire appliance which carries out a "heavy" or «specialist» rescue role. They are designed for technical rescue situations such as vehicle extrications, traffic collisions, confined space rescues, rope rescues, swiftwater rescues, or building collapses.
| | 6. What kind of appliances do you use to respond to accidents?
| F. It responds to all emergency calls.
| | 7. What kind of equipment does it carry?
| G. Ok. Come with me. Look! This is the conventional fire engine. We also call it a fire appliance or a fire tender.
| 20. Ask your partner about the vehicle’s specifications and complete the table. Use the construction how + adjective + is/are; how much is/ many are. See File A to answer the questions:
| Type of fire appliance
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| | Equipment
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| | Crew
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| | Working conditions
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| | Foam tank capacity
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| | Maximum road speed
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| | Pumping performance
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| | Hose’s length
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| | Weight
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| | Height
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| | Length
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| | Width
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