Burnside Pumper

[SA Firey]

Isnt this topic about Burnside Pumper :-P

[DA_FIREY007]

Yeah but I just want to know who's Type 2 Pump is that badly broken that it had to be sent back to S.E.M for repairs.

[SA Firey]

Nice how you put in 3 of the Mawson Group Stations in there and forget about Mt. Barker who also have a tendancy for trying to get better trucks Aka Dennis (LOL), I hear Seaford are having fun with that at the moment and just as a question I have been hearing that atleast one Type 2 Pumper got sent back to SEM with Major Problems with it's Computerised Pumping System can anyone give us more info on who and what exactly is happening with that.

Thats Happy Valleys Type 2 appliance, the auto control side of the pump apparently shat itself and it got sent back to Victoria to be fixed. As for the Dennis, no major problems (yet) just lots of annoying things go wrong each week....

Your question was already answered DA :wink:

[CFS_Firey]

Your question was already answered DA :wink:

I think DA already knew that, and was answering your question ;)

[RescueHazmat]

This is all too Bond like for me !

[rescue5271]

So what will happen to the old Burnside pumper when they get the new one?? I hope it does not get turned into a BWC would be nice to safe this appliance for show...

[CFS_Firey]

Why not keep using it as a pumper?  It's only 30 years old....

[SA Firey]

So what will happen to the old Burnside pumper when they get the new one?? I hope it does not get turned into a BWC would be nice to safe this appliance for show...

They could donate it to a museum Bill :wink:

[Stefan KIRKMOE]

Museum has been suggested but no one knows what might happen to it yet.... Will prob remain in service for a few weeks / months until the new one comes online fully (traning etc) but after that who knows.... would be nice to keep it as is and not turn it into a BWC or traytop, still in pretty good condition though...

[uniden]

until the new one is online. It is the CFS remember. Usually someone drives the new one in and the old one straight out the door. Or of you are Mt Barker they drive in a type 2 and take your rescue and 24P.

[Darius]

looks like there are faults with new Qld RFS trucks too:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/01/2232998.htm

[Alan J]

until the new one is online. It is the CFS remember. Usually someone drives the new one in and the old one straight out the door. Or of you are Mt Barker they drive in a type 2 and take your rescue and 24P.

Eden dug their heels in about that when the Louisville was replaced with the Type 2. It spent several weeks in a spare bay at another brigade before Eden "released" it back to SAFECom.  The massive inertia of beaurocracy can be resisted/deflected/delayed if determined enough, & willing to reciprocate the paperwork bombardment.

cheers

[Jono]

Why not keep using it as a pumper?  It's only 30 years old....

Exactly, still another good 20 years to go! ;)

[DA_FIREY007]

Thanks for that, I accually had heard from a mate at Corro Valley Station that Happy Valley responded to a call last week with Clarendon 24P and an Unnamed 34, which I am guessing is a Region Spare. Which I guess means Happy Valley's 34 is up at Clarendon Station.

[Footy]

why wouldnt the spare just go to clarendon?
Or is that just too obvious?

[Gilly]

I beleive HV needed the 34P before the spare 34 was available.

[pumprescue]

Also I guess its fair that they both have a dual cab rather than lump the old piece of snot on Clarendon.

[calspec]

Just my take on the deal.  To cover the urban risks, HV needed a "P" appliance, so I guess the nearest suitable was Clarendon.  In a "you scratch mine..." deal, have swapped HV34 for CL24P while HV Pumper is offline.  HV are then using region spare 34 for rural jobs (old Sellicks 34).  Wouldn't have thought Clarendon would have been too keen to hand over their twin cab 24P for an old clunker 34, just to satisfy HV's needs.

Probably figured that the 34 probably wouldn't get a lot of use this time of year...only to be followed by a spate of 4 or 5 grassies in as many days.

[Darius]

you could also argue the other way around: Happy Valley have backup (both CFS and MFS) relatively close but Clarendon less so.  So while there may be more risk in HV area, if something requiring a x4P happens in Clarendon the chances of it going wrong are higher.

And that old sellicks 34 that is the claytons region spare (ie. the spare the region has as it doesn't have a regional spare), is it still going around without a GRN mobile radio?  I don't see how it can be an operational appliance without one, someone at the regional office is taking a big risk.

[calspec]

I don't see how it can be an operational appliance without one, someone at the regional office is taking a big risk.

It has one - although it does appear to be an older model

[Gilly]

When we had the appliance for a month or so, it only had a VHF truck mounted radio.

[DA_FIREY007]

It has one, at times when I listen in on the Scanner I heard HV 34 come up on air along with HV24P. I guess they have been told to use those terms on the GRN instead of the Truck names so people don't get confused.

[RescueHazmat]

I would think so Mr. Bond..

Heard all this from a mate and scanner hey?..

[SA Firey]

Yes the Ex Sellicks 34 is fitted witn a Motorola XTL2500 GRN Mobile radio and a VHF :wink:

[DA_FIREY007]

Stranger things have happened.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!