Operational Support Unit
New operational support units (OSU) became operational in 2008, each costing £43,800 and replacing a number of aging vehicles such as damage control tenders and breathing apparatus tenders. Six of these vehicles are based at specially-designated operational support stations; a seventh is stored as a reserve. The OSUs provide initial emergency attendance, taking specialist supporting equipment, such as large quantities of breathing apparatus or damage control and salvage gear, to incidents.
A number of palletised and transferable loads are stored at the operational support stations. These pallets can then be requested by incident commanders as required, and would be loaded on to the OSU to be taken to the fireground.
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