Story of the exhibit
A main fire engine with bodywork by the Swedish coachbuilder Tollarp, with a front-mounted water pump and a 3000-litre water tank. It was brought to Estonia in 2006 for the then East Estonian Rescue Centre and was first used as the main vehicle of the Väike-Maarja rescue station. Later it was handed over to the Mäetaguse (Iisaku) station, and from 2008 it was the reserve main vehicle of the Jõhvi station/Jõhvi and Kohtla-Järve area (call sign Jõhvi 13). With the new rescue equipment put into service by the Rescue Board it became surplus.
Manufacturer
AB Volvo
Sweden
In 1915 the well-known Swedish ball bearing maker AB SKF registered the trademark Volvo (Latin for "I roll"), intended for a new brand of ball bearings. That plan came to nothing, but in the following decade the name came into use in the car industry. The first car bearing the Volvo name was…
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