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Guys I know there is all types of FESA FRS units out there - but what type is a 7-2???

thats a Bushfire appliance
carries approx 7000L of water and is 2 wheel drive, hence the name 7.2
We have one too

Thanks JG-103 - I appreciate your help...I thought it may have been the Aerial Appliance - you know the truck with a really long aerial ladder...

So thanks for your help....Can I perhaps suggest that maybe we can post a sticky of all the different types of trucks out there???

im presuming that is the grounded helitac air intel 3.4. is it big and say calm on it?

Sorry mate, what i meant to say was the really long fire trucks with the aerial ladder on board - Over Size - fire truck...

dunno then. Maybe chrisss knows cause he's seen the grounded helitac air intel 3.4 appliance

That 7.2 Is Prety Much the same as your's JG-103, But it's a newer Model , And has 4 smaller lightbars on it . Oh And it's not yellow

Ours was a 5.2 until a couple of members decided to customise it into a 7.2!

for pics of vehicles check out this sight however urbans vary from rurals, generally what you hear are rurals except for the odd 3.4 urban. Exception is canningvale 2.4- its a urban.

The 7.2's are all locally built - theres no FESA designed appliance of this type. I believe they are designing a standard 9.2 tanker at the moment.

The Helitac truck is actually just a ground support vehicle - carries fuel and the like for refuelling the Helitacs.

For those that dont know, the callsigns are all pretty standard as in:

First number indicates the amount of water, in thousands of litres. 2nd number (after the .) indicates the drive of the vehicle, eg, 2wd, 4wd..

So, a 5.2 = 5000l, 2wd.. 7.2 = 7000l, 2wd. 3.4 = 3000l, 4wd etc..

FYI, the big red truck with the ladder is called a CLP = Combined Ladder Platform. The older ones are TLL (Turn Table Ladder).

gkoutlis wrote:Sorry mate, what i meant to say was the really long fire trucks with the aerial ladder on board - Over Size - fire truck...

You're probably thinking of the CLP (Combined Ladder Platform). Look here or here for more info.

Cheers for that.

Fastlane wrote: I believe they are designing a standard 9.2 tanker at the moment.

Would this be the new 9.2 at Oakford?

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