Crash Rescue Conversion Query

[Cobra]

Hey Guys, a Thought just struck Me,What If a Station Wargon or Minivan were Converted into a Crash Rescue Firefighting Vehicle for Airport/Airfield use? had some Ideas but Thought i'd ask You Guys. Heavily Inspired by shows like Thunderbirds. What Station Wagon or Minivan Models would work for Such a Project? Thanks for Looking.Dan

[Hobbes]

The smallest firefighting vehicles I've seen are the various Land Rover and Range Rover conversions (incl the interesting 6x6 version). Because incidents on an airport don't tend to be small, I don't think many small vehicles are used. These Land/Range Rovers are the smallest. You need to transport at a minimum, several hundred litres of water/chemicals, preferably with cross-country capability so you can take shortcuts. These requirements alone mean you need an offroader. It'd be fun to see a modern version, maybe a modern LR Discovery or Mercedes G 6x6. With a big engine of course (G63 AMG, LR using the Range Rover/Jaguar v8 Supercharged).

[raafif]

Singapore has "Crash / Rescue" vehicles based on small cars like Toyota Echo & Smart and the small Suzuki 4x4 -- also tracked Hagglands !!

[Rick Lowe]

I still like the Land Rover half-track family - the Laird Centaur.

For the countries with a Scorpion logistics train, use the standard Scorp running gear & track;
for those with M-113 parts logistics, use the wheels & track from those...



Cheers

Rick