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What was the helicopter that bought the missing quad biker back this evening? I saw it fly into RPH and it wasn't Rescue 65. It might of been the RAAF SAR chopper but I'm not quite sure. It is VH-EPH. I have noticed it filling in for the usual Rescue 65 over the last week. http://jetphotos.net/show...

The Channel Ten news helicopter has crashed in Baskerville, east of Perth this morning. The chopper is understood to have come down carrying a pilot and a reporter on Weir Road. They have left the wreckage and are not understood to be seriously injured. Fire crews and St John Ambulance are heading ...

Any info on the burnt FF from Saturday? Hi Pacestick, this article was posted online today by The West: The City of Cockburn and FESA are investigating a prescribed burn in Banjup that got out of control and left a volunteer with burns to his face and body. Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett said the Jan...

Hi Robbage, Take a look here: FIRE SERVICE FREQUENCIES WAERN Channel/Frequency information (aka "High band") CTCSS codes are not required for listening to these channels. WAERN Channels PDF WAERN channels that appear to be active in the metro area: http://warsug.info/viewtopic.php?f=3&...

Train services on the Midland Line were interrupted this morning after a train hit a car in Guildford. It is believed the train clipped the back of a Holden Monaro on Meadow Street just before 9am. A police spokesman said the driver of the car had minor injuries. A St John Ambulance crew attended t...

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority will get a state-of-the-art $4 million aerial command and control helicopter with the latest technology to battle the upcoming fire season. The twin-engine B105 Eurocopter, originally designed as a military tank-buster, will be supplied by Heliwest on a six...

Hey WF,

Have a look a look at this thread for a discussion on Class A & B Foam which also continues on to the next page.

Also there is this page on Fire Fighting Foam.



Geoff

Hi WF, My guess is they are configured as height sensors for passing traffic. As there is an overheight vehicle sign just south of that position with warning signals attached. Its most likely comprised of two sets of laser sensors (with an emitter and reflector on either side of the road) to elimina...

Interesting entry from FESA Alerts today ... https://internet.fesa.wa.gov.au/alerts/Pages/Alert.aspx?ItemId=2606 Stoneville in the Shire of Mundaring - WA Police Exercise Friday 22 July 2011 – 2:50 PM People in Stoneville in the Shire of Mundaring are advised that WA Police are conducting an exerci...

WA firefighters have a new high-tech tool for tackling blazes - a 32m ladder to not only allow daring rescues and fight fires but to supply invaluable computer analysis of an inferno. The appliance, which gives firefighters access to structures up to six storeys high, also has video and infra-red c...

Last night a car rolled on to the Joondalup Line train tracks, preventing services from running between Perth and Stirling stations. A man was lucky to escape without serious injury after he rolled his car onto the railway track on the Mitchell Freeway just south of the Hutton Street exit in Osborne...

Taken from The West Australian. A car burst into flames following a car crash in Lesmurdie this morning which left six people injured. A police spokesman said the car had set on fire after another vehicle ran into the back of it and sent it into a power pole on Lesmurdie Road about 9:35am. Six peopl...

Perth Train Station being evacuated due to a suspicious package. Up Date : 1427 Oscar 1 advises that the Exercise has now been completed Service Disruption posted earlier on Transperth's website: Effective Immediately, Thursday 9 June 2011 at 2.45pm Transperth trains on all lines are currently dela...

The set number is comprised of the last couple of digits from the three digit number that's located on the front, centre, or rear of the train, both internally and externally. In your example of 348 the Set Number is 48. In the case of the A-Series train (comprised of 2 cars) the first digit denotes...

Hi WF, The following quotes have been taken from Wikipedia. A-Series: Set numbers 01 - 48 The Transperth A-series trains are a class of electric multiple unit operated by Transperth Trains in Perth, Western Australia. When introduced in 1992 the A-series trains became the first electric passenger tr...