What are peoples thoughts...?
Has the Medium Pump - Heavy Rescue been a worthy addition to the FRS fleet or do people wish the Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT) was still a dedicated rescue appliance...
MPHR Appliance Reveiw
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Pretty good how there's 4 spread roughly around the metro area. Probably should be another couple though. 1 in Joondalup, and another 1 or 2 rockingham/kwinana way and around that area.
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Just on a logical thinking process (not being a career firie) I think it's useful having the MPHRs. One HR tender for the whole metro area is not a wise move considering the distance it would cover. If they had a dedicated HR appliance each at Joondalup, Midland, Perth, Armadale/Welshpool area and one in the Rockingham/Kwinana/Hope Valley area it might be a good thing. Cost would be an over-riding factor, considering Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie still have old Acco MPHRs.
It makes alot of sense spreading the heavier gear around, but the gear/role of the HRT has been spread to more than just the MPHRs. USAR truck carries some of the materials relating a bit more to structural jobs, SETs have the extra BA and some other nice toys, and long duration BA is split north and south.
So some of the specialist appliances still carry the role, which is a little more dedicated than a pumper.
As far as just the rescue role is concerned, the first arriving pump can start with the standard tools, at least with stabilisation and access to patient, and assessing the work to be done, with the location of the MPHRs, they will still arrrive in a decent time, and be able to get straight to work. The other benefit is that the larger gear on the MPHRs now gets to be used at alot more incidents, which can get the job done quicker/easier/safer, so the benefit is there much more often.
I think it was a good move, not to say it could have been better, but the right considerations seem to have been taken into account.
It's interesting to see how the different states do things like this, while considering the number of incidents, budget (inc people) and geographical spread.
So some of the specialist appliances still carry the role, which is a little more dedicated than a pumper.
As far as just the rescue role is concerned, the first arriving pump can start with the standard tools, at least with stabilisation and access to patient, and assessing the work to be done, with the location of the MPHRs, they will still arrrive in a decent time, and be able to get straight to work. The other benefit is that the larger gear on the MPHRs now gets to be used at alot more incidents, which can get the job done quicker/easier/safer, so the benefit is there much more often.
I think it was a good move, not to say it could have been better, but the right considerations seem to have been taken into account.
It's interesting to see how the different states do things like this, while considering the number of incidents, budget (inc people) and geographical spread.
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Re: MPHR Appliance Reveiw
I am ignorant to what 2nd and 3rd alarm means, and some other words, when i read other peoples posts, I just write ###FRS attending, plus they talk too fast for me to comprehend whats going on,, i understand the diff from a structure to MVA,,,jjSmashedXR6T wrote:What are peoples thoughts...?
Has the Medium Pump - Heavy Rescue been a worthy addition to the FRS fleet or do people wish the Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT) was still a dedicated rescue appliance...