SembCorp, Teesside

Fire service historian and author

Roger Mardon

www.romar.org.uk

In 2003 SembCorp Utilities acquired assets previously owned by ICI from the Enron Corporation. SembCorp provides utilities and services, including fire protection, to most of the petro-chemical companies on the Billingham, North Tees and Wilton sites in Teesside. In 2007 the company secured a contract to provide cover for BASF at Seal Sands.

At Wilton in 2004 was this 1989 Volvo FL6.17 / HCB-Angus foam tender (TES 333S [re-registered]), one of three similar appliances operated by SembCorp.

The second is this 1990 Volvo FL6.17 / HCB-Angus foam tender (H831 JPY) seen at the North Tees site in 2004. These appliances are fitted with a 1,000gpm pump and carry 100gals of water and 500gals of foam. Originally built with a BCF capability they now carry 750kg of dry powder ... ...

The third, Billingham's 1991 Volvo FL6.17 / HCB-Angus foam tender (J409 SEF), is 1m shorter than the other two because of restricted space in the fire station appliance bay. It carries a 9.5m ladder instead of the 10.5m as carried by the appliances at Wilton and North Tees.

... ... and a Williams Patriot 1 monitor, capable of delivering 1,000USgpm, is mounted on the roof. Hydrochem technology enables this to deliver both foam and dry powder.