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Burnover at Dawesley

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bert:
No Burn over occurred.  B34Ps Pump failed during attacking one of the flanks of the fire, leaving the crew with no pressure. The truck was on burnt ground, so the guys just waited until the flank went past and it was safe to drive out. Another crew got anxious when they saw the truck disappear in the smoke and called it in.
At one stage N24P became stuck on some rocks, damaged lockers and tyres etc. Other crews knocked down the fire before it got to them.
Certainly agree that the newer trucks are not built for that nature of work.
 

Fire000:

--- Quote from: bert on December 05, 2010, 03:54:54 PM ---No Burn over occurred.  B34Ps Pump failed during attacking one of the flanks of the fire, leaving the crew with no pressure. The truck was on burnt ground, so the guys just waited until the flank went past and it was safe to drive out. Another crew got anxious when they saw the truck disappear in the smoke and called it in.
At one stage N24P became stuck on some rocks, damaged lockers and tyres etc. Other crews knocked down the fire before it got to them.
Certainly agree that the newer trucks are not built for that nature of work.
 


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Timely reminder for us all that pumps can and do fail. Good to hear the crew involved had their heads screwed on and went to/ were on burnt ground.


Agree with the above comments that the new trucks simply don't cut the mustard in terms of ground clearance and ability to go offroad. As much as i hate the things, the old school Hino FT163's are fantastic offroad and can leave some/most of the newer appliances in their tracks. A good example was over at Ngarkat a few years back going through the Mallee scrub.


Trouble is the funding, Arthur and his merry men are forced to make the money they are allocated go as far as it can - and in many cases this involves designing a dual purpose rural/urban appliance. Things like lockers close to the ground simply do not work on rural trucks, they're asking to be ripped off on a log/rock. Positive to see a rollout of more QRVs, perhaps this will help on rural jobs?

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