F S F O R

Fire Safety Friends of Russia
Пoжapная безопасность друзей из России

Registered Charity No: 1111321
 

VIDEOS

Chris Holgate (second from left) and the
group of drivers line-up for the local media
at Shoreham Airport before starting off for
the ferry at Sheerness in Kent.

FSFOR wishes to thank Shoreham Airport
and the Rescue & Firefighting Service for
their assistance with storage for the three
vehicles that have now left the UK.

All three vehicles in the February 2008
convoy are Boughton bodied Dennis fire
engines, the earliest of which is G264 VBP.

2nd January 2008

Crew from Station 7 Kursk after a fire
fought in a temperature of minus 22 deg.C.

Protective clothing supplied by WSF&RS and FSFOR.

2007

Station 7 Kursk Crews during a visit to Kursk
by the Minister for Emergencies.

Helmets provided by FSFOR

Vehicles Sent To Kursk as at March 2008

E612JBP    G263VBP    G264VBP

H878BOT    H879BOT    H880BOT    H881BOT

December 2005

Four former West Sussex Fire & Rescue
Service Dennis fire appliances start the
long journey from Sussex to Kursk.

Complete with ladders, portable pumps
and generators, the shipment also
included 1000 pairs of almost new fire
boots, 450 sets of personal protective
clothing, 80 fire helmets, 125 chemical
protection suits, 25 gas protection suits,
resuscitation equipment, radiation meters
and assorted vehicle spares

December 2005

Having cleared customs at St Petersburg,
the convoy of Dennis trucks starts the
long overland journey to the City of Kursk
 

December 2005

Journey's end for our first convoy.
 Each Dennis is carefully reversed into
one of  the bays of a number of fire stations
across the City of Kursk