New Brush truck for Happy Valley Australia

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

A new Urban/Rural brush truck for my brigade, delivered last week.

Isuzu FTR800 Chassis

250HP

500GPM Darley stand alone pump driven by a Duetz engine

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Thats a brush truck?

Looks like one of your standard pumper down there if it were not for the more exposed pump in the rear.

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

A couple more....

And at it's first call while the pumper was at an alarm.

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

Thats a brush truck?

Looks like one of your standard pumper down there if it were not for the more exposed pump in the rear.

This is 4 wheel drive and the pump runs on a seperate motor , has a crew deck for fighting fires from and has 3000L of water... (1000Gallons approx)

Our pumper is 2 wheel drive and has a PTO driven pump and only 1800L water (see attached pics of our pumper side by side.

[x635 4,066]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the photos!

There are defintely some specs we could learn from over here. I really like the cone compartment. Heck, I love the whole truck. Very functional. Maybe I will get to see it in person one day, I hope.

Who built the body on this?

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the photos!

There are defintely some specs we could learn from over here. I really like the cone compartment. Heck, I love the whole truck. Very functional. Maybe I will get to see it in person one day, I hope.

Who built the body on this?

Yes these appliances have come along way over the last few years, this batch of 13 was built by Varley http://www.varleygroup.com/templates/varley_specialised_vehicles.aspx?pageID=3535

Some of the newer safety features include...

- halo fire sprinklers around the cab

- in cab breathing system ( you can see the orange bag that holds the masks for this in the cab and it runs off a scba cylinder under the back seats)

- the crew deck has a fold down fire proof awning

- wheel sprays

- low water level alarms

Here is a video of the lights complete with Australian wildlife noises...

[rutola413 5]

I would just like to know why you have Air Packs on the truck. At least thats what they look like. I understand that during a good brush fire, you can have cars or buildings involved. But I have NEVER seen departments use air packs during a brush/woods fire. Also, does your dept require the use of turnout gear on these calls?

[Patch6713 18]

I would just like to know why you have Air Packs on the truck. At least thats what they look like. I understand that during a good brush fire, you can have cars or buildings involved. But I have NEVER seen departments use air packs during a brush/woods fire. Also, does your dept require the use of turnout gear on these calls?

I am not exactly sure but there is a picture and it says that it is on a call when the pumper is on a previous call. Maybe it is used as a second due engine.

[JBE 328]

First glance it seems like a Rural/Urban Interface type of rig. With a bit of tanker thrown in and first due engine ingredients. Whoever did the specs for this really did their homework. Small town departments could definitely take a look at this and maybe incorporate what's seen here into a new rig. I'm very impressed with what I see.

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

I am not exactly sure but there is a picture and it says that it is on a call when the pumper is on a previous call. Maybe it is used as a second due engine.

Correct, it is also used as 2nd due, the pumper also does alot of mutual aid calls so this rig steps up for other calls. Also we are in a very high risk urban/rural area where large bushfires can impact directly onto suburbs so breathing apparatus is sometimes used when houses and sheds etc catch fire.

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

I would just like to know why you have Air Packs on the truck. At least thats what they look like. I understand that during a good brush fire, you can have cars or buildings involved. But I have NEVER seen departments use air packs during a brush/woods fire. Also, does your dept require the use of turnout gear on these calls?

We have 2 sets of turnout gear, level 1 gear which is made of nomex for rural fires and level 2 gear for structure fire which is made of PBI. We tend to get a few people to take both types of gear on this truck.

[Tanker 10eng 140]

a question, the ladder rack, can I get more information on this... looks great and it could really be a good idea here. Likde is it a power unit ? how much more does it go down ?

[Guest Rogue Rescue]

a question, the ladder rack, can I get more information on this... looks great and it could really be a good idea here. Likde is it a power unit ? how much more does it go down ?

This ladder rack is built by Varley in house, powered by hydraulic arms similar to in the trunk of a car, thats as far as it goes down, theres a lever on the right to release the ladder and it has a rubber flap that stops it from just sliding down.

[rutola413 5]

We have 2 sets of turnout gear, level 1 gear which is made of nomex for rural fires and level 2 gear for structure fire which is made of PBI. We tend to get a few people to take both types of gear on this truck.

Thanks alot. That answers both my questions.

i was just reffering to the actual structure gear.

I have seen some departments around here wear their structure gear to fight these fires. And i'm talking fires that are a HIKE into the woods, away from any buildings.

[Guest]

Well here we are a month or so down the track and this vehcile is proving very useful indeed, has done its fair share of rural grass fire calls and also some urban work, it will never take the place of a dedicated engine but can run the basic calls and attack a structure fire fine. The pump is a little on the small side for boosting etc but does the job. We are very happy with this as a second due urban interface unit.

[Guest explorer10538]

Nice RIG

Edited February 5, 2010 by explorer10538