22nd January 2010, 13:35
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Tynedale
Age: 79
Posts: 3,698
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From August 2008:-
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They have the engine in Hull and it will be going into service any time now.
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http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...s/article.html
December 2009:-
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Had the Carps been built as originally planned, the brigade's existing fleet of high-rise ladders would have been taken out of service. Staff levels have already been allowed to reduce to take account of that,
The most optimistic estimate now is that all four of the new units, to be based in each of the county's major communities, will not all be in service before July (2010).
The brigade has conceded that it has no money set aside for the remedial work,
The full scale of additional costs will not be known until the situation is fully resolved, but even when the machines had been expected to come into service in September this year, the service was forced to find an additional £750,000 to cover expenses it had not budgeted for.
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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/local...eet.5907998.jp
2006:-
http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/pi...number1035.asp
2008:-
http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/pi...number3936.asp
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