MOC: Urban Search and Rescue Vehicle

[Fistach]

This is my first in the whole series of rescue vehicles - the USAR vehicle.

General photos:

This is Urban Search and Rescue vehicle - that means it is sovereign in accidents, disasters, when people are drowning near the river bank or when you just need to take your cat from the tree. Therefore the crew has significant amount of equipment at their disposal.

Let's see what's in there:

Detailed description:

Left front door:

- gas detector

- sorbent

- gas mask

- air tank

Between front and rear doors you can find a fire hose.

Left back door:

- circular saw

- hammer

- axe

Back door:

- shovel

- broom

- wood saw

- jaws of life, which are attached to the truck by a cable. The cable can be rolled up on a drum using the hose attachment on the right:

Right rear door:

- wrench for hydrants

- communication equipment

- water tank fill up indicator

Small door:

- 3 traffic cones

Right front door:

- life ring

- medic bag

- rope

- pneumatic jack

In addition to equipment on the side there is plenty of equipment on the roof.

- Ladder - it can be rotated so the minifig can acces the following items:

- body hook

- pike pole

- rescue board

- water tank fill up hose that can be attached to the winch:

And finally the photo of the whole equipment (except fire hose and jaws of life) can be found here:

So, in total there are 25 different items (I count traffic cones as 1) inside the truck that can be used to save minifigs' life!

In the cabin you can fit two fire fighters but they won't have much space there.

Critique and comments encouraged:)

See you in action (MOCs with this fire truck are to be released soon)!

[AussieJimbo]

A vital addition to any town's emergency services.

Fantastic details and accessories. Well done.

:classic:

[Ricecracker]

Great truck, Fistach! I love all the equipment you've managed to fit in, and the cab looks nice and sharp too. One question, though, is do the trucks you're basing this on having pumps? Here it's to see a USAR truck with a pump or tank, so I'm just curious.

[Fistach]

A vital addition to any town's emergency services.

Fantastic details and accessories. Well done.

:classic:

Thanks!

Great truck, Fistach! I love all the equipment you've managed to fit in, and the cab looks nice and sharp too. One question, though, is do the trucks you're basing this on having pumps? Here it's to see a USAR truck with a pump or tank, so I'm just curious.

Heavy USAR vehicles in Poland sometimes have small water tank (500 litres) and pump.

Edited January 15, 2011 by Fistach

[dr_spock]

Good work. I like how you got all the equipment in there. Good playability.

[Capn Frank]

There are a lot of nice details in this Moc.

I like the idea to use the old surfboard as a long board.

[Fistach]

Good work. I like how you got all the equipment in there. Good playability.

Thanks mate!

There are a lot of nice details in this Moc.

I like the idea to use the old surfboard as a long board.

It's not mine - Jansued showed it in hsi MOC http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=49124

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME rescue truck 'Fistach', excellent detailling on a seriously modern truck with stacks of rescue gear.

Keep up the AWESOME work and Brick On 'Fistach' !

[meyerc13]

Very nice looking truck. The small photos here don't do it justice, I highly recommend clicking through to the larger images. You've fit an amazing amount of equipment on board, excellent job.

[Fistach]

Thanks guys.

I'm thinking of adding Tile 1 x 1 with triangle sticker on board.