First Look - Career FRS 1.4

Fire & Safety WA · Post by **Fire & Safety WA** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:54 am

FRS career 1.4 trial v light tankers
1500lt H20
FRS specs over a standard BFS 1.4 appliance
Bound for a Metro career station

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:04 am

Looks good. Will be interesting to see where it ends up for the trial.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:37 am

bomber wrote:Looks good. Will be interesting to see where it ends up for the trial.

And how long until it looks battered and bruised!

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:05 pm

Well this is a first. Wonder how long it will be til we see the proposed 1.4 Rescue appliance.

Nice pics F&SWA.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:30 pm

thats awesome,where we think it'll go.

and there replacing LTs with it?

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:27 pm

The original post said trial. I imagine they're seeing if they would make a good replacement for the LT.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:35 pm

WPXZBP wrote:The original post said trial. I imagine they're seeing if they would make a good replacement for the LT.

FESA has been pushing to replace Light Tanker's with 1.4's for a while now.

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:42 pm

I heard the same. Hence the proposal for the 1.4 Rescue. (Would do away with the LT and RT combo.)

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:32 pm

so is this going to a metro station?

where is this picture taken?

at f&swa?

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:32 pm

chrissss wrote:so is this going to a metro station?

where is this picture taken?

at f&swa?

Looks like Technifire in Canning Vale. First post said it was going to a Metro station, Chris....

padfoot · Post by **padfoot** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:45 pm

Hazard a guess... Hope Valley, Success or Midland considering some of the calls they attend?

Might be the answer for some outlying stations?

woobla1 · Post by **woobla1** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:11 pm

so those little 4wd cars that you always see are the LTs ?-

and are they really any good? or is just their small size can get in anywhere to brush fires? They do not look like they can carry much water.

Post by **Tyranus** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:21 pm

Yes, the follow up landcruisers are the light tankers.
600 - 800L usually depending on the age and who you talk to. They carry enough (though more water is always good, it's just the weight) and they're all a lot of stations in the hills have. Might not be so useful in structure fires due to the capacity, but the pumps won't get half way up a hill to put out a fire.

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:20 pm

woobla1 wrote:so those little 4wd cars that you always see are the LTs ?-

and are they really any good? or is just their small size can get in anywhere to brush fires? They do not look like they can carry much water.

woobla1 wrote:Suspected arsonist.

"last seen leaving the scene in a white firetruck"

Helitak_670 · Post by **Helitak_670** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:11 am

New light tankers are only 500lts