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Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-23-2012

Our final CFS station was Hanhdorf.





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SACFS Hahndorf Pumper - Medium Pumper (Isuzu FTR900) by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-23-2012

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SACFS Hahndorf 24 - Medium Tanker (Hino FT165) by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-23-2012

Qld Type 4 Scania Rescue Pumper





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QFRS Bilinga by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - keeney - 12-27-2012

Love the photos.

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-27-2012

Pine Mountian Medium appliance - Isuzu NPS300





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Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-27-2012

Pine Mountain - Light Attack - Mitsubishi Triton





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2012-12-09 07.38.37 by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-27-2012

Flinders Peak 41 - Light Attack Nissan Patrol





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2012-12-09 07.39.51 by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-27-2012

Flinders Peak 51 - Medium Appliance - Mitsubishi Canter





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2012-12-09 07.40.24 by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - b9208 - 12-27-2012

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Belair Bulk Water Carrier. reported to carry 10,000L





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[/quote]When does a pumper become a tanker, and when does a tanker become a bulk water carrier? Is it based only on tank size?

Do pumpers have hosebeds, or follow the European style rolled-hose system?

Thanks,

Gary

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-28-2012

[quote name='b9208' timestamp='1356665748' post='506260']

When does a pumper become a tanker, and when does a tanker become a bulk water carrier? Is it based only on tank size?

Do pumpers have hosebeds, or follow the European style rolled-hose system?

Thanks,

Gary[/quote]



Pretty much Gary.

Pumpers are generally classed for their ability to boost pump. Minimum specs for a pumper here in OZ is approx 1800L/m @ 10 Bar (or 1000kpa).

Tankers have the ability to pump and roll and used for wildfire situations. Some large urban pumper tankers are tankers by volume only. These will have 600L for light 4x4 to 4000/5000L for a single axle 4x4 truck.

A Bulk Water Carrier will carry in excess of 7000L max 9000L for single rear axle or 16000L for dual rear axle.



More of a european following here with booster reels used for first attack. Hoses beds are not used, with rolls of hoses mostly. Urban pumpers will have several lengths (30m) flaked 65mm hose near the pump for a more substantial attack.

Australian Rigs - jquest6368 - 12-28-2012

I have seen a bunch of videos on YouTube of a Mack CF Aerialscope in service in Australia (or New Zealand)...along with a bunch of other Mack CF pumpers...do you have any info on these rigs? They have a very unique look (at least from a North American perspective). Great photos, and thanks for sharing!

Australian Rigs - hp1530 - 12-28-2012

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I have seen a bunch of videos on YouTube of a Mack CF Aerialscope in service in Australia (or New Zealand)...along with a bunch of other Mack CF pumpers...do you have any info on these rigs? They have a very unique look (at least from a North American perspective). Great photos, and thanks for sharing!

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I remember Queensland had a few older ALF Eagle pumpers. Anyone got more info about those?



NZ seemed to have a lot of interesting equipment as well. Recall seeing Youtube videos of Spartan/LTI ladders and even a Mack Snorkel.

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-29-2012

There were 6 American LaFrance pumpers eagle chassis built for QFRS. Along the lines i only got two average photos. They were all 3800L/m or 1000gpm midship mounted. Four are used at the academy, and two are the dayshift pumpers for Brisbane.





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QFRS Mt Gravatt '917' - Type 4 Rescue Pumper (Fleet 0736QF - American LaFrance Eagle) by coghilla, on Flickr



Fellow Buffs Matt & Mitch have pics on there site respectively.



http://www.mattau.smugmug.com/search/?searchWords=alf&searchType=InUser&NickName=mattau&x=0&y=0



http://mrphotography.smugmug.com/search/?searchWords=alf&searchType=InUser&NickName=mrphotography&x=11&y=14



The Mack CF aerialscope is in New Zealand at Auckland. The last front line Mack (single) in OZ is a tanker with Victoria's CFA (Country Fire Authority). This was a prototype build (a MAN was the other chassis).



New South Wales used to have 3 aerial pumpers (snorkel) but were decommissioned a few years ago.

Both mack appliances can be seen at Matt's site.

http://mattau.smugmug.com/search/?searchWords=mack&searchType=InUser&NickName=mattau&x=0&y=0

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-29-2012

My only other shot of the Roma Street ALF.





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QFRS Roma Street by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-29-2012

From the archives, NSW run these heavy rescues through the large metro areas.





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DSC04310 by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-29-2012

Goonellabah run this Hazmat Tanker (along with a Isuzu Pumper) This is a retained station where staff are paid a retainer and for calls and training. NSW have returned to this design for composite and standard tankers.





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NSWFB 'Goonellabah Tanker' - Hazmat Tanker (Isuzu FTS750) by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-30-2012

A couple of Macks in Australia ,



New South Wales (retired now)



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Queensland



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The only one with an original factory light bar



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Victoria

(not really a traditional Mack)

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There are also a few historical Macks about with the most being in New South Wales

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-30-2012

This type 2 pumper is used by retained firefighters in small town in New South Wales. The SEV fleet (service exchange vehicle) are used to swap trucks during servicing etc.





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NSWFB 'SEV' - Type 2 Pumper (Isuzu FTR900) by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-30-2012

NSW ran these tankers within there fleet before retruning to an older design standard.





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NSWFB Richmond 'Tanker 82' - Class 1 Tanker (Isuzu FTS750) by coghilla, on Flickr

Australian Rigs - Guest - 12-30-2012

Richmond's previous tanker (back in 2002)





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NSWFB Richmond 'Tanker 82' - Tanker (Mercedes Benz 911) by coghilla, on Flickr