Patent ID: 7213872

Claim:
A fire-fighting truck having a direction of travel and a horizontal axis extending transversely to the travel direction, the truck comprising: a first structure mounted on a chassis frame with a driver's cab pivotable about the axis and at least one of a crew or equipment cab mounted on the chassis frame; a releasable connecting mechanism forming a passageway and permitting communication between the driver's cab and the crew or equipment cab, the connecting mechanism including a flexible bellows seal element which is secured by a fixing frame to a transverse wall of the crew or equipment cab and releasably connected to a rear wall of the driver's cab by a retaining connection; a mounting device provided in the region of at least one entry opening of the crew or equipment cab, wherein the bellows seal element has a stop frame facing a roof frame on the rear wall of the driver's cab which is retained in position relative to the transverse wall by a retaining arm; and a second structure independent of the driver's cab and the crew or equipment cab mounted on the chassis frame having built-in fixtures for storing tools and equipment and optionally having extinguisher units consisting of at least one tank for extinguisher medium and an extinguisher pump with a flow connection to the tank via extinguisher lines, and with entry or service openings in transverse or longitudinal side walls of the second structure.