Story of the exhibit

Former divers' bus of the Jõgevamaa Rescue Service and the Jõgeva rescue department of the South Estonian Rescue Centre. In good condition and running order. The vehicle's technical passport and the plate of Ford's Belgian assembly plant give the year of manufacture as 1956. However, production of Ford D-series trucks only began in 1965, so it must be a conversion using the papers of some 1956 Ford; moreover, the D-series was not built at the Antwerp plant. The body was made in Finland by OY Veljekset Kulmala AB; it is a former fire engine from which the water tank, pump and other rescue equipment have been removed. As far as is known, it was converted into a divers' vehicle by staff of the Jõgevamaa Rescue Service. According to the Finnish gallery fireimages.net, the vehicle was probably built around 1975 and the model is probably a Ford Custom D0911. In the 2010s it was converted into a smoke sauna vehicle.