Firefighters have set off on a 1,300-mile journey to donate a fire engine to Croatia.
It will take two days for four firefighters from Uckfield to reach eastern Europe.
Once in Benkovac,the men will spend a few days training their colleagues on the appliance, previously stationed at Burwash.
The area the tender will cover is about the size of East Sussex, yet they only have the one fire engine, which has been donated by East Sussex Fire Authority.
Firefighters have raised cash to pay for the trip from street collections in Uckfield. The funds will pay for the diesel, motorway tolls and the team's air fares home.
Ferry operator Transmanche Ferries has donated tickets for the outward journey.
The 20-year-old tender has come to the end of its life with the fire service in East Sussex.
The fire authority decided it might help authorities in Croatia, where equipment is primitive.
Suzanne Gooch, of East Sussex Fire Brigade, said: "Had it stayed, it probably would have been auctioned off for a collector to buy."
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