18.07.2009
Story of the exhibit
Järva-Jaani Rural Municipality bought this fire engine in 1995 from the Kokkola fire brigade in Finland, with the help of its partner municipality Kälviä, to replace the ZiL-130 fire engine (exhibit no. 444). It has a front-mounted water pump and a 7600-litre water tank. Until March 2018 it was in active service as the tanker of the Järva-Jaani volunteer rescue station (call sign Järva-Jaani 21). The bodywork was built by the Finnish coachbuilder Erikoiskori OY.
Manufacturer
GM Vauxhall Motors Ltd.
Bedfordshire, UK
The roots of the carmaker Vauxhall Motors go back to 1857, when the Scotsman Alexander Wilson founded a company called Vauxhall Iron Works in Vauxhall near London, England. The company worked in marine engineering until, around the turn of the century, it became interested in "horseless carriages".…
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