Fire Service resilience boosted with delivery of more heavy transport vehicles

Nearly 50 additional heavy transport vehicles are being distributed around the country to help the Fire and Rescue Service deal with emergencies. Fire Minister Parmjit Dhanda has announced the distribution of additional heavy-duty lorries (known as prime movers) to England`s Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) for the transportation of specialist equipment to deal with major incidents. Following requests from FRSs the Department is locating additional prime movers within the FRS so that it has a greater ability to deploy the specialist kit provided by Communities and Local Government. This specialist equipment is part of the Government`s investment of over £200million in New Dimension programme which includes mass decontamination and urban search and rescue (USAR) kit, and a high volume pumping (HVP) capability.