Jock - you maybe right about that. I thought it was no training up to 1,000 ltrs, a one-day course up to 2,000 ltrs and a 3 day course above that. I am quite prepared to be wrong though..
Pieman - after 3 years "working with" the NHS I can understand now why Captain Finn used to lock himself away in the darkened office!
Steve - think the current plan is to buy, but hiring / borrowing / scrounging can never be ruled out if the price is right.