Hey WR- that Medium Pump may have been doing a standby in perth. also given that both pump drivers arent wearing turnout gear suggests maybe they were there for some other reason, maybe a booster drill or chogm related drill... Perth normally has 2 medium pumps - perth 2nd and perth 3rd, however perth 3rd is also heavy rescue.
They could have been having a refreshing beverage? That aside, I guess it could be [MP69] a spare pump as I seem to hear and recall that Welshpool changed their pump over.
I'll keep my eyes open.
BTW - Has everyone else noticed that these days most pumps are not wearing the station name on the cab?
MP 69 is and always has been the Series 4 MP Standby. More then likely would've been standing by at Osbourne Park.
MP 70 is the former Kwinana VFRS pump which is now also a Series 4 MP Standby. MP 70 has been based at Perth for the past 2 weeks as Perth 2nd and will be for a while longer.
Hope this clears up the confusion.
No idea what a DBA is however light where on but no one around , stayed onsite for a fair bit of time I had time to take pics and go look in the hobby store up the road and just before I got back to my car they left again and headed back to the main station.
matt_au_70 wrote:No idea what a DBA is however light where on but no one around , stayed onsite for a fair bit of time I had time to take pics and go look in the hobby store up the road and just before I got back to my car they left again and headed back to the main station.
Matt (back in Brisbane)
Hi Matt - DBA = Direct Brigade Alarm (If a smoke detector goes off or alarm etc - they head out to the property to investigate.)
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No worries Matt - The darker coloured Number Plates (usually starting with 1Qxx.xxx) are Government plates. I don't know the exact reasoning why some have these and others have the standard plates - but there you go
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gkoutlis wrote:No worries Matt - The darker coloured Number Plates (usually starting with 1Qxx.xxx) are Government plates. I don't know the exact reasoning why some have these and others have the standard plates - but there you go
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That as always perplexed me too. I know that the blue plates must be registered to a government body (ie FESA?), which I thought all FRS were? Bush Fire Brigades are registered by Local Government hence the standard or local shire number plates. WAPOL, I believe, are registered in the Commisioner's name hence the standard plates. SJA is a private organistation - standard plates (interesting to note however, the Neo-Natal ambulance actually has Blue Gov Plates).
Any way, that just confuses the situation more! Anyone know why some FRS pumps/lts have standard plates? Do DM Vehicles have standard plates? This could just be a whole other topic really lol.
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