Translation of "Véhicule aéroportuaire de sécurité incendie " (French → English) :

A host of cross-cutting European legislation, such as the Air Quality Directive (Directive 2008/50/EC adopted on 21 May 2008), the PSO Regulation (EC 1370/2007 of 23 October 2007), the Clean Vehicles Directive (2005/0283/COD, adopted by Parliament on 22 October 2008), and of modal legislation, such as the directives and regulations on railway and airport security and safety, railway infrastructure charging (Directives 2001/14/EC and 2004/49/EC), the directives on motor vehicle protection (Directive 2000/40/EC) and various regulations ...[+++]on road, rail and air travel equipment, have all affected urban transport, without the European Union having adopted a specific strategy in its regard.

6. Vehicles intended for the transport of dangerous goods by road within the meaning of Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods shall comply with additional safety requirements to be established by the Commission with regard to, inter alia, electrical installations, fire risks, braking and speed limiters, with a view to minimising the risk and consequences of accidents and taking account of the nature and characteristics of the goods transported.

Across this country every day, firefighters are called upon to teach fire safety and fire prevention, to check out false alarms, to pull accident victims out of their vehicles, and to put out fires, big and small, in homes and businesses, fields and forests.

Within that single provincial jurisdiction they have to work with conflicting regulations: motor carrier inspection, dangerous goods inspection, safety inspection, weight restriction, over width permits, over height permits, provincial sales tax audit and licence, paving branch inspection and standards, material inspection branch, workers' compensation inspection, workers' compensation audit, pressure vessel inspection and permit, fire marshal inspection and regulation, and air use permit (1255) I should mention what struck me as terribly weird was that they actually pay for the amount of air they consume.

Mr. Stiff: It is ours, plus the addendum of the airport security, plus the driving requirements, which is also the airport authority.

S/Sgt Pat Flanagan: It's the airport authority's responsibility to ensure that whatever parameters are set within the restricted-access area of an airport, those vehicles entering that restricted-access area are properly checked with respect to the measures that were introduced by Transport Canada after September 11.