Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

• 43 Fire Engines: the standard firefighting vehicle mobilised to all emergency calls. These appliances are equipped with a high-pressure two-stage main pump also capable of making foam via an onboard foam inductor system, two high-pressure hose reels, a range of 45 & 70 mm hose reels, a set of rescue ladders (13.5 m, 9 m, Short Extension Ladder, Roof Ladder), a light portable fire pump, four / six breathing apparatus sets (depending on age), two spare breathing air cylinders, hydraulic rescue equipment, basic water rescue kit, safe working at height equipment and other miscellaneous tools.[6][7]
• Two Aerial Appliances: there are two aerial appliances for rescues and work at heights of up to 30 metres (98 ft). There are two in use with the service, the Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP), based at Ipswich East, and the Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP), which also doubles up as a normal fire engine, based at Bury-St Edmunds.[6]
• Six Pump Rescue Tenders (PRT): these are similar to standard fire engines however they carry additional hydraulic cutting and rescue equipment. They're used at Road Traffic Collisions (RTC) and other technical rescues. The vehicles are situated across Suffolk and can give a response anywhere within 20 minutes.[6]
• Three Enhanced Rescue Tenders (ERT): these are fire engines that are specially equipped to deal with more specialist heavy rescues with a greater amount of technical rescue and access equipment carried onboard. They are often used at RTC's which involve heavy goods vehicles and they carry an erectable scaffolding platform to access lorry cabs that may be high up off the ground. The three vehicles are based at Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St-Edmunds.[6]
• Two Water Carriers (WrC): the service has two water carriers each capable of holding 9,000 litres (2,000 imp gal) of water. They are used to supply water to fire engines when water supplies are scarce or some distance away from the scene of the fire. The carriers are located at Leiston and Newmarket Fire Stations.[6]
• Three Command Support Vehicles (CSV): three CSVs provide additional command and logistical support at larger incidents. They are located at Ixworth, Woodbridge and Beccles Fire Stations. The vehicle at Woodbridge also doubles up as the Fire Drone Unit, which coordinates use of the Fire Drone in providing an overhead insight into incidents, which includes birds eye views, thermal imaging and zoom capabilities.[6]
• Three Unimog 4x4's: the service has three Mercedes-Benz 14-tonne GVW U423 Unimog's, which are all 4x4 equipped, in the Implement Carrier Model. They can carry two pods, one is a firefighting pod (including bulk foam) and the other is a water rescue pod. They can tow the flood boats (RHIB) and have cranes so they can undertake animal rescues. The Unimog's can also be used with no pod in order to facilitate the transport of vital equipment when assisting with bigger incidents. They are based at Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St-Edmunds.[6][8]
• Three National Resilience Vehicles: these were provided by central Government as part of the national arrangements for responding to major incidents where the decontamination of large numbers of people is required. There are three vehicles located at Holbrook and Ipswich. The three vehicles include:[6][9]
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): this carries two MD1 (mass decontamination structure), MD4 (firefighter decontamination unit), 15 powered respirator suits, ancillary equipment and disrobe/re-robe packs (Based at Ipswich)
  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM-MDD): this vehicle carries 1,200 Disrobe (DR) packs in wheeled stillages, MD4 (firefighter decontamination unit), ancillary equipment and lighting equipment (Based at Holbrook)
  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Rerobe (PM-MDR): this vehicle carries 1,200 Rerobe (RR) packs in wheeled stillages, MD4 (firefighter decontamination unit), ancillary equipment and lighting equipment (Based at Holbrook)

The service also operates a fleet of officer cars, which are unmarked Hyundai Tucson outfitted with blue emergency lighting and sirens. They are used by senior officers to respond to major and critical incidents.

Unimog 4x4 used for animal and water rescue

• Three Swift Water Rescue Teams (SRT): specialist firefighters that are trained to undertake water rescues and operate flood rescue boats in waters that are moving fast enough to produce sufficient force to present a life and safety hazard to a person entering it. They can work both in, on and near fast flowing water. They operate with Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIB) with tiller controlled outboard engines, dry suits, helmets, Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) and other specialist equipment. These teams are based at Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St-Edmunds, although Bury St-Edmunds does not have a boat.[6]
• Three Animal Rescue Teams: Unimog vehicles along with specially trained firefighters are used to carry out rescues of large animals such as horses or cattle. These Unimog vehicles are 4x4 vehicles equipped with cranes, winches, and a variety of lifting slings. SFRS currently utilises three Mercedes-Benz 14-tonne GVW U423 Unimog's.[6]
• Five Advanced Working at Height Teams (AWH): these teams are situated strategically across the county and consist of specially trained firefighters that can work at height for prolonged periods of time using specialist restraint and harness equipment, in order to carry out technical rescues and operations at height. These are based at Ipswich, Lowestoft, Bury St-Edmunds and Newmarket.[6]
• Air Support Unit: two drones are based at Woodbridge Fire and Police Station and were acquired jointly by Suffolk Fire & Rescue, Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Lowland Search & Rescue and Norfolk & Suffolk 4x4 Response. They provide all of the listed services capacity for multiple simultaneous deployments across Suffolk. Flown by pilots from SFRS, Suffolk Constabulary and Suffolk Lowland Search & Rescue, they are used to provide aerial surveillance options to support emergency services during incidents. The drones are equipped with high definition cameras that can record normal images and video or as a thermal imaging camera which can identify heat and temperature. Two pilots are required to fly the drone, a remote pilot and a camera operator.[10]

• Compact Water Tender (CWrT)/ Water Tender (WrT): P1 (Only Saxmundham still operate a full sized WrT appliance without a 135 ladder)
• Light Rescue Pump (LRP): P2
• Water Ladder (WrL): P3/P4
• Enhanced Rescue Tender (ERT): R5
• Pump Rescue Tender (PRT): P5
• Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP): A6
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A6
• Water Carrier (WrC): W7
• Command Support Vehicle (CSV): C9
• Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S8
• Unimog (MOG): T9

• Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T6
• Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Re-robe (PM+MDR): T7
• Incident Response Unit (IRU): S9

• Swift Water Rescue Team (SRT)
• Rescue Boat (RHIB)
• Advanced Working at Height Team (AWH)
• Animal Rescue

• LH*: Low Height Appliance
• CSV*: Command Support Unit + Drone Unit