Bickenhill
Northway, National Exhibition Centre, Bickenhill
This station was opened on the 22nd April 1977.
Appliances at this station are:
Pump Rescue Ladder (fire engine)
Prime Mover
B.A. Main Control
Major Rescue Unit
Foam Unit
Below you can see some of the Demountable Units (Pods) at Bickenhill fire station. Their purpose is to get specialist equipment to an incident quickly.
Above is the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Main Control Unit. This is used to keep overall control over the use of BA at large incidents, which can include the cleaning and servicing of sets for re-use.
Above is the Major Rescue Unit (M.R.U). It carries specialist rescue equipment that can be called upon to assist at incidents.
This is a Prime Mover which used to transport the above pods to incidents.