Making the best of HVP assets

Published: 15 March, 2010

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service in the south of England organised Specialist Response Week in September 2009, which responders from the UK and Europe attended to take advantage of a multitude of practical workshops in different disciplines.

Ann-Marie Knegt visited Fawley Power Station, where she found out how various fire services were using high volume pumping units that had been provided under a national programme. The results clearly demonstrated that HVPs have come of age.

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