UK Trucks Donated to Russia
Some fire trucks from the UK are being donated to Russia (from the BBC News via FireFightingNews.com).
Four fire engines that have been retired from operational service in the UK are being donated to Russia. A West Sussex charity set up by retired fire officer Chris Holgate is behind the scheme.Volunteers will drive the engines from Chichester to Tilbury on Thursday from where they will be shipped to Kursk.
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He said he saw the poor standard of equipment given to Kursk firefighters and found that an average of 160 people were dying in fires in Kursk each year, many of them children.
He set up Fire Safety Friends of Russia to improve building design, fire fighting equipment, and the treatment of fire victims.
This shows that the need to quality fire equipment extends world-wide. Kudos to the Fire Safety Friends of Russia.
I've also read many stories of U.S. departments donating trucks to fire departments in the hurricane-damaged Gulf. Keep up the good work!
