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TVAC going strong
June 2007
Rumours that TVAC of Leyland, Lancashire is being wound up are without foundation
and the company currently has a profitable £20m order book. A 7-
In September 2006 TVAC and Venture Private Equity Ltd parted company. TVAC's managing director, Gary Smith, teamed up with local business man, Eric Sinclair, and TVAC bought back the share of the company sold to Venture earlier in the year. Since then the production area has been more than doubled, and 45 new production technicians and three more designers have been employed. The company has been joined by John Taylor MBE and Andrew Marshall, both previously with Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service, and is looking forward to a bright future.
Serious flooding devastates South Yorkshire and other parts of England
July 2007
Following torrential rain, South Yorkshire and Humberside, along with parts of West
Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, were affected by serious
flooding on and after 26 June 2007. New Dimension high volume pumping units were
deployed in force to combat the problem, co-
Simon N. Rowley, the well-
Emergency One (UK) Ltd -
July 2007
On 8 June 2007 a management buy-
Emergency One (UK) has been trading since 1989. In commenting on the buy-
AssetCo acquire TVAC
December 2007
AssetCo plc has acquired TVAC for an initial amount of £2.08m with a potential deferred
payment of up to £6.87m, in part depending on the trading performance of the specialist
vehicles division of AssetCo of which TVAC will form a part. TVAC is the holder of
the UK franchise for Plastisol and was engaged by Lancashire County Fire Brigade,
as it then was, to build the prototype UK appliance using a Plastisol body in 1998.
Since then the company has counted the Lancashire and London fire brigades among
its major customers and has supplied other services with Plastisol-
AssetCo has also acquired the specialist ambulance builder UVM.
Subsidiaries of AssetCo already numbered A S Fire & Rescue Equipment Ltd, FSE Ltd (Fire Safety Equipment), Papworth Specialist Vehicles, Collins Youldon and AES.
Devon and Somerset fire brigades amalgamate
April 2007
On 1 April 2007 the separate fire & rescue services of Devon and Somerset combined and became known as Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service.
Urban search & rescue (USAR) dogs
December 2007
The Department of Communities & Local Government has made money available to fire & rescue services with urban search & rescue (USAR) teams for the provision of search dogs and vehicles in which to transport them. Each service is able to select its preferred vehicle.
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