Ok here's the low down from the inside....
1) It will be a truck driven by an engine...
2) Likely to have a number of wheels, some that give the vehicle momentum and some that give it direction...
3) It will have some new technology, it's called a "pump" and designed to move liquid (generally known as H2O) from Point A to Point B...
4) It will have the ability to transfer the above "H2O" from point to point...
5) Likely to have space to the rear of the cabin and before the brake lights to be able to carry equipment to perform what it's required to do...
6) And latest rumour on the street is that it may be fitted with twin 1,000m 12mm "Gardina" technology first attack hose & the brigade is putting in extra funds to have snap lock fittings and branches that comply with water restriction regulations....
I don't know how one vehicle has caused so much opinion and stir and isn't yet even being built... How come say Naracoorte Pumper, Stirling Pumper, Nara Rescue, Ceduna 22 don't get as much recognition, arn't they all one offs?
Stefan
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Stefan, Well Done Mate.
May be its because you guys have put in your own money into it on top of what cfs are paying?? and that those at the top are keeping it a secret,as for the other points of naracoorte pumper and naracoorte rescue,well the pumper was ment to be a state proto type but it was the only one made,our rescue is that a stand alone rescue for a large area that we have to cover we dont have RCR back up 5 or 10 mins away try about 45 mins away..
Bill, I don't see the issue. We keep going around and around in circles.
If Burnside have the money to invest in an appliance which may be used in the future for other stations good luck to them. No need to knock them down. They are doing the best for their community who in result invested that money to the brigade. Therefore they have a responsibility to provide an appliance which is 100% to their needs and their community.
Unfortunately we are not all that lucky. But I congratulate Burnside by sticking to their guns in wanting an appliance which is suited to their area/risks they meet.
For Narracoorte Rescue, it was a prototype to deliver R & D and yes comments at V & E were made about this appliance as well, as you know Bill. As you will recall some regions were in favour for the single use appliance and some regions were not. The part I do not understand is why we would as a service go back 10 , 15 years and make single purpose appliances, eg Rescue appliances only. Yes, I understand it is quicker to get to an incident and I know Narracoorte had something similar to this before. But I thought we were moving ahead in building multi-purpose appliances. Or maybe Bill the issue is giving stations to many specific tasks eg Narracoorte HAZMAT, CABA, RCR. Maybe we should share the load, then we might not need to build individual appliances to suit individual needs (Single purpose rescue appliances). We should be building in this case "pumpers" what can perform the task required with the special risks it manages eg Burnside, RCR & CABA on their pumper. Maybe if Narracoorte did not manage HAZMAT we might of been able to fit their RCR on their pumper.
Please remember we should build appliances suited to the needs of the brigades. Not to the need of the V & E committee.
I can appreciate how members feel about this issue, but a CFS members we should be supporting Burnside in what they are doing and what they are trying to achieve. You don't know it might help the rest of the brigades in the state in future years.