W.A Fire Appliances

xr8edute · Post by **xr8edute** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:43 am

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a 2.4R and a 2.4U.

Cheers

CobCob · Post by **CobCob** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:40 pm

r stands for rural
U stands for urban

One difference is that the 2.4 urbans carry BA.

Cobcob

xr8edute · Post by **xr8edute** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:25 pm

CobCob wrote:r stands for rural
U stands for urban

One difference is that the 2.4 urbans carry BA.

Cobcob

yeah sorry, should explain it a bit more.

Our brigade is looking into duel registering as a bfs as well as a vfrs. The bfs truck that we may recieve is a 2.4u. The bfs 2.4 that is stationed in the next district over is a 2.4r.
Was wondering what the difference in setup would be.
any chance anyone has a picture of each of them

Cheers.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:28 pm

More stowage, more hose, arguably higher pump pressure (the piping under the rurals is quite small!).

kwn · Post by **kwn** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:04 pm

any chance anyone has a picture of each of them

http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet/?Men ... tentID=254
http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet/?Men ... tentID=255

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:21 pm

xr8ed - Mount Barker VFRS has a 2.4U. PM me if you or any of your Brigade want to come down and have a look. I have contacts there and can get you in to have a look.

kwn · Post by **kwn** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:22 am

What information is sent to a MDT ?

I assume that address, type of fire. What else?

ace of spades · Post by **ace of spades** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:01 am

kwn wrote:What information is sent to a MDT ?

I assume that address, type of fire. What else?

You are right the Address, Incident type, Map reference plus it give you the incident number plus times when job complete and it also has some other feature like it can give you your position in Lat and Long if needed.

It also tells 6ar when the vehicle is off station, on station, delayed or unavailable and when a call comes through and it is not answered then it automatically goes into sellcall mode and there is a lot of noise made to make everyone aware that there is a call.

treeny · Post by **treeny** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:33 pm

i could have sworn that today i heard 'Murdoch 2.4 and LT'. anyone know if they have another truck?

Post by **gkoutlis** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:38 pm

Saw Talbot Brook 2.4 Brand Spankers Izuzu on South Street, Leeming this afternoon.

G

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:33 pm

Talbot Brook is in the Shire of York.

Post by **gkoutlis** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:18 pm

WPXZBP wrote:Talbot Brook is in the Shire of York.

Cool thanks - I was wondering where Talbot Brook was

G

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:28 pm

Elleker BFB lost a light tanker in the fire down here on the weekend. Two crew were burnt and taken to hospital.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:30 pm

WPXZBP wrote:Elleker BFB lost a light tanker in the fire down here on the weekend. Two crew were burnt and taken to hospital.

and summer hasn't even hit yet ....

Radzeck · Post by **Radzeck** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:45 pm

WPXZBP wrote:Elleker BFB lost a light tanker in the fire down here on the weekend. Two crew were burnt and taken to hospital.

We were very lucky, radiation burns to my face and burnt hands from hose whilst extinguishing light tanker. Other crew member had a slight rad burn to hand.

Very scary, wind change caught us out.

All OK now

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