Fire Station Tour - Harrow 

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Hi, that's great to hear! You can find info on our website here: www.london-fire.gov.uk/careers/become-a-firefighter/

The main reason for checking a map is for incidents that are a large distance away, this will help the crew pick a direct route closer to the general area, where the Satnav can then utilise smaller roads closer to the incident. The MDT (Mobile Data Terminals) onboard every appliance have all the elements you suggested in your comment. They are extremely advanced, and even go into detail such as the weakest points of every registered type of vehicle on the road in the UK for help with traffic collisions etc. They also display hydrant locations/status etc.

London has only professional firefighters but some other fire services around london have volunteers.

THey have sets in the cab as well., The ones in the lockers are for the secondary team who will most likely be setting up entry control or securing a water source at a shout, so dont need immediate access to their set.