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MEDIA RELEASE: EDEN HILLS CFS TO COMMISSION NEW GENERATION OF FIRE APPLIANCE
The Eden Hills Brigade of the SA Country Fire Service will commission their new fire appliance this weekend.
CFS Chief Officer, Euan Ferguson, will officially hand over the keys to the Captain of the Brigade, Neil Gloyn, at a special commissioning presentation on
Sunday 31 July 2005 at the Eden Hills CFS Station.The new ‘Eden Pumper’ replaces the former ‘Eden 51’ Ford Louisville, which began service in 1984, a year after the Ash Wednesday Two bushfires.
In it’s 21-year history with the Eden Hills CFS Brigade, the former ‘Eden 51’ has attended more than 5,000 incidents including the 2005 Black Tuesday and 1994 Sydney bushfires, as well as major structure fires at the Port Stanvac Oil Refinery, Blackwood High School, Blackwood cold stores, and numerous other homes and businesses.
The new appliance – an ‘Isuzu FTR900’ chassis – is one of three currently in South Australia. It carries 2,000 litres of water and has a rear mounted pump capable of distributing 3,000 litres per minute at 1,000kpa. It is primarily designed for structural firefighting and can assist in hydrant ‘boosting’ giving it the title of ‘Pumper’.
‘Eden Pumper’ is one of two new fire appliances for the Sturt CFS Group. On 26 June 2005, the Blackwood CFS Brigade commissioned their new ‘Blackwood 24 CAFS’ appliance featuring a modern Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) – the first of it’s kind in South Australia – which uses more foam to suppress fires rather than water.
CFS Chief Officer Euan Ferguson said he was encouraged to see the ongoing initiatives of the Sturt Group coming to the fore of firefighting in South Australia.
‘This new generation of fire appliances will shape the future of firefighting to 2020 and beyond,’ Euan said.
Media are invited to attend the commissioning,
which will commence 2pm this Sunday at the Eden Hills CFS Station on Northcote Road, Eden Hills.