Brandweer Kalmthout Defender 130
Brandweer Kalmthout's Defender 130 double-cab pickup K11 (1-DSY-925), built by AB Technics in 2012 for the volunteer brigade whose heathland reserve on the Dutch border is Belgium's most fire-prone terrain — a one-off in Belgium used for reconnaissance at vegetation fires and any task off the made-up roads.
History
Kalmthout's volunteer fire brigade, now Post Kalmthout of Brandweerzone Rand in Antwerp province, protects the Kalmthoutse Heide, the heathland reserve on the Dutch border that is Belgium's most fire-prone landscape. In 2012 the municipality bought a Defender 130 double-cab pickup and had AB Technics fit it out as a multi-purpose off-road vehicle (MZF / terreinwagen), callsign K11, registration 1-DSY-925: four-wheel drive with a 45 kN hydraulic front winch, raised air intake, roof rack with spot lamps, side underrun protection, lockers and lighting on the load bed, tow hitch, radio and data terminals and GPS. Its warning lights are Code 3 XT4 strobes — four to the front and four to the side on the roof rack and two in the grille — with a Code 3 CommandStick traffic advisor. bos-fahrzeuge.info describes it as unique in Belgium; it is used above all for reconnaissance at vegetation fires.
The registry's model is a red Defender 130 double cab with the cab rack, spot lamps and strobes, snorkel, winch, BRANDWEER KALMTHOUT lettering and yellow/blue door stripes, chequer bed lockers, white bed trim, 112 badge, steps, mud flaps and white wheels; in the game it carries the blue-light boost and winch pickups.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (Defender 130 double cab)
- Manufactured
- Built and commissioned 2012
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- AB Technics (2012 fire fit-out)
- Engine type
- Ford 2.2 L Duratorq TDCi turbo-diesel (Defender of 2012; not stated in the source)
- Production run
- 1
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom / Belgium
- Operated in
- Belgium
- Status
- in-service
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Defender
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 130″
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- Kalmthout - Brandweer - MZF - K11 ↗ — BOS-Fahrzeuge (accessed 2026-09-11)
- Land Rover search results, page 22 ↗ — BOS-Fahrzeuge (accessed 2026-09-11)
Catalogue references
- https://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/135235/Kalmthout_-_Brandweer_-_MZF_-_K11 https://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/135235/Kalmthout_-_Brandweer_-_MZF_-_K11 ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T14:08:36.594Z · status: researched