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Credits: The Lot Fire Brigade
The first handover of the keys to the Lot firefighters’ “FPTLSR” took place. Pascal Lewicki, President of CASDIS, was present on Wednesday October 30 at the Gourdon Fire and Rescue Center (CIS) to officially hand over the keys to a brand new vehicle to Lieutenant Pascal Males, Head of the CIS. The first Pump-Tonne Light Road Rescue Van (FPTLSR) in the history of the Lot Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) is now in service. This “mixed” vehicle has the particularity of being able to intervene on fire and road rescue missions, with its side boxes dedicated to the fire and road rescue function with its extrication tools. It replaces the FPTL (Light Pump-Tonne Van) and the VSR (Road Rescue Vehicle) in the CIS where it is assigned. The cost of the vehicle is €300,000 (€190,000 for chassis and €110,000 for equipment). On the technical side, it is a Renault D12 P4x2 Fire & Rescue 240 E6 whose equipment was carried out by the company Gimaex. It is armed with 4 personnel in road rescue mode and 6 in fire mode. This event was held in the presence of Jean-Marie Courtin, President of the Quercy Bouriane Community of Communes and mayor of Gourdon, Colonel Hors Classe Jean-François Galtié, Lieutenant-Colonel Jérôme Ferrage, Head of the Technical and Logistics Group, as well as numerous CIS staff who attended a detailed presentation of this new machine and the various accessories that make it up. The SDIS plans, in its multi-year investment plan, to acquire 4 in total over 4 years. Communication unit of the Lot Fire Brigade.
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