Fire Apparatus USA 19
Fire Apparatus USA 19 : Types (9): Fire Train: Railways of the former Soviet Union widely use permanent-readiness fire trains to extinguish fires on the trains, railroad track and adjacent territories - which otherwise may not be accessible by the roads. A fire train consists of specialist railcars (i. e. water tank, foam tank, water pump, electric generator etc). and a professional firefighting team. In case of fire emergency, the train is coupled by the nearest available locomotive and quickly routed to the emergency site beyond schedule. Despite fulfilling all the necessary railway procedures, the fire trains sometimes arrive at the site faster than the road vehicles, bringing more water supply to tackle the fire. Each fire train has its permanent base siding with exits at both directions and adjacent buildings facilitating the team. The base siding is always located in a major railway hub, where several locomotives are available at a time. e. g. , there are two separate fire train units in the city of Kiev. However, fire trains in themselves are unlimited in their operation radius, protecting all the country's railways in a network pattern. Similar trains are found in Switzerland and the United States (with BNSF)
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