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HINO 3.4D TANKER - Hino tankers served with the Country Fire Authority throughout the 1980s and, nearly twenty years later, many soldier on. This particular vehicle entered service in 1987. This tough and versatile vehicle has a 3000 litre water tank and a GAAM pump. The Sassafras-Ferny Creek crew unselfishly sacrificed their 2001/2002 Christmas and New Year holidays to assist in quelling the bushfires that ravaged New South Wales during this period. In 1997, this tanker also fought the devastating Dandenong ranges bushfires. Also involved in fighting these fires was a pair of Canadair (now Bombardier) CL-215 water bombers. This amphibian can skim across the surface of a body of water and scoop up 5346 litres in 10 seconds. At as low as 40 metres above the bush, the pilot makes full use of the plane's low drop speed and excellent manoeuvrability to dump 5 tonnes of water (equivalent to nearly two truck loads) where the fire is most threatening. Aspect: Portrait Order Code: C5 - Country Fire Authority Emblem |
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HINO 3.4D TANKER - As above, but drawing of tanker only. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C6 - Country Fire Authority Emblem |
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MILLS TUI CRASH, FIRE & RESCUE TENDER The Mills Tui Stryker 6-9500 CFR tender is manufactured in New Zealand. It has a rear mounted engine which drives all six wheels. A separate engine powers the pump. Fully laden, this huge vehicle weighs in at 33.3 tonnes. Eleven Mills Tui vehicles were purchased and have replaced the Austral Trident as the major response vehicle at the following Australian airports: Sydney (four units); Brisbane (three units); Melbourne (three units); and Cairns (one unit). The vehicle in this drawing is based at Sydney International Airport, New South Wales. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C1 - Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Australia Badge |
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AUSTRAL COUGAR LARGE FIRE VEHICLE Air Services Australia took delivery of 20 Austral Cougar Rapid Intervention Vehicles (RIVs) between 1982 and 1984. They served as complimentary vehicles to the Walters. The RIV has a Mack engine and Chassis, Allison transmission and Rosenbauer fire fighting equipment. Austral designed and manufactured the vehicle. In 1991 and 1992, ten of the Cougar RIVs were remanufactured and renamed Large Fire Vehicles. The bodies were widened and the drive train was changed. A 4100 litre capacity water tank replaced the 2000 litre tank of the original RIVs. This LFV is based at Launceston Airport in Tasmania. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C2 - Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting Australia Badge |
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WALTER CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE TENDER Avalon Airport in Victoria is well known as the venue for the biennial Australian International Airshows. It is also a fully operational airport, specialising, among other things, in airline maintenance, flight training and air freight. The crash, fire and rescue capability rests in a trio of Walter CFR tenders - two Mark 3s and a Mark 4. All three have been modified to carry two 50 kg mobile dry chemical powder extinguishers at the rear of the vehicles, which are accessed via a folding ramp. Chief Fire Officer Gary Helman is shown here with the 24 ton "stretched" Walter Mark 4, which carries 9100 litres of water and 910 litres of foam compound. A cargo Boeing 747 is on final approach overhead. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C3 - Avalon Airport Emblem |
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ISUZU 3.4D TANKER Isuzu Tankers entered service with the CFA in 2001, replacing the Hino 314D Tankers which were then some 17 or 18 years old. The Hinos have not been taken out of service, but have been passed on to other CFA units. 314D is a CFA designation and refers to the following: 3 stands for 3000 litre water tank capacity; 4 means four wheel drive, and ; D denotes a diesel pump. The GAAM pump is driven by a Hatz diesel engine and has a capacity of 325 litres per minute. It is manufactured in Australia by GAAM Emergency Products of Thomastown, Victoria, and is designed to deal with the unique and extremely harsh Australian bushfire conditions. The Gisborne number one tanker and its crew have twice answered the desperate call to assist their New South Wales counterparts in defeating the devastating bushfires over the Christmas/New Year periods in 2001/2002 and 2002/2003. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C4 Country Fire Authority Emblem |
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HINO 3.4D TANKER Hino tankers served with the Country Fire Authority throughout the 1980s and, nearly twenty years later, many soldier on. This particular vehicle entered service in 1987. This tough and versatile vehicle has a 3000 litre water tank and a GAAM pump. The Sassafras-Ferny Creek crew unselfishly sacrificed their 2001/2002 Christmas and New Year holidays to assist in quelling the bushfires that ravaged New South Wales during this period. In 1997, this tanker also fought the devastating Dandenong ranges bushfires. Also involved in fighting these fires was a pair of Canadair (now Bombardier) CL-215 water bombers. This amphibian can skim across the surface of a body of water and scoop up 5346 litres in 10 seconds. At as low as 40 metres above the bush, the pilot makes full use of the plane's low drop speed and excellent manoeuvrability to dump 5 tonnes of water (equivalent to nearly two truck loads) where the fire is most threatening. Aspect: Portrait Order Code: C5 - Country Fire Authority Emblem |
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HINO 3.4D TANKER As above, but drawing of tanker only. Aspect: Landscape Order Code: C6 - Country Fire Authority Emblem |
