sentences:  There are occasions when a water tender, and not the water tender ladder, would be mobilised first to keep the Water Tender Ladder (the primary fire engine) 'on-the-run' and available.Water tenders (WrT) are broadly similar to the water tender ladders, but carry a different range of equipment, with ladders up to .They are not the primary responder to a road traffic collision - despite carrying hydraulic cutting equipment, the equipment is not as robust or effective as that carried on a water tender ladder.