Only one truck with some equipment and the trailer arrived, and the second truck "disappeared" after arriving at Port Sudan.

At that time the fíre brigade was operating with 6 "Green Goddesses" and a 6x4 ex-RAF Range Rover and was extremely limited with the fire cover it could provide.

The photos were taken by Ron out in the sugar cane fields and show the fire truck being used to prevent fire jumping from one sugar cane field to another during the cane burn.

If this happened it might provide too much cane to be harvested at the time or might jump to a field that has not reached the appropriate growth and readiness, thereby leading to a significant loss of sugar from the cane.The green Nissan truck to the rear of the fire truck was a water bowser in case the water tank on the Maggie needed replenishing ! Each field is approximately 800m long by 400m wide. When the cane is ready for harvesting it is first of all burned "in situ" to remove the leaves and is then harvested either by hand or by machine. Removing the leaves by burning allows the harvesting to be accomplished faster with little damage to the cane. The minimal damage is due to the fire being so quick that little residual heat is generated, although the heat felt from the fire is quite intense.This is the reason for the fireproof suits.

It was probably nearly as hot inside the suit as outside !

The Kenana Sugar Company has 100,000 acres of sugar cane and now produce more than 400,000 metric tons of sugar annually, supplying Sudan's domestic needs and exports to its regional neighbours and to Europe. 

The site includes the world's largest sugar mill under one roof.

In 1864 Conrad Dietrich Magirus, established “Magirus Feuerwehr Requisiten Fabrik” and

started manufacturing his unique range of Fire Fighting Vehicles.

The name Magirus went from strength to strength due to many technical developments,

including the manufacture of the first Turntable Ladder unit.

By using the Deutz engine, there is no radiator to obstruct the fitting of a front-end power

take off unit and full torque pump unit, as shown below.

  It is true that Fire Fighting Teams show a special respect for their vehicles and this is

  displayed by the very high level of presentation reserved for their vehicles and equipment.

  They are trained that due to the nature of their work, they can only accept the highest 

  possible standards in all respects. Their lives and those of the public, depend on total  

  reliability and complete trust in every item they use in their dangerous profession.

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I heard some years ago about Glasgow being the only area in the UK to have been lucky enough to have a Fire Brigade including Magirus Deutz Fire Appliances. I have now managed to track down proof of  their existence and here are a couple of small pictures.

   --------------------MAGIRUS DEUTZ FIRE ENGINES USED IN GLASGOW-----------------

PGB 276 F  The first Forward Control cabbed model made. 4 Delivered in 1969.

Model 150 D 14 FL with a DL 30 Ladder unit.

Fire fighting vehicles built on other makes of chassis are the products of more than one manufacturer. Magirus Deutz supplied the unit, as a complete entity, with all components designed to interact with one another. This is a complete Magirus Deutz unit !

            Click the picture for a better view.         

Factory Visit 1978.

I was fortunate enough to be shown around the extensive Fire Engine factory

One of the most interesting models was the DLK 23-12 Low-Profile unit which makes it

particularly useful in todays modern congested city locations.

  Further pictures that personify the image of Magirus Deutz Brandschutztechnik.