SA Firefighter

The big issue is that it really isn't a huge cost difference between a scania and an isuzu when you look at what you get for your money.

E.G to put an auto gear box in an isuzu it is another $30,000 which almost makes up the difference in cab chassis prices.

On top of that - you can't fit B.A seats in an isuzu.
               - scanias can run a 1000 gpm pump easier, (you can get
                 a type 2 on a scania cab chassis with a 1000 gpm pump)
               - isuzu's are 220 hp and scanias are 310 hp
               - dont know if youve ever been in a scania but they fit
                 6 big dudes in much easier
               - the brakeing and suspension is set up for going fast
                 and stopping even faster

It's not just scania's there are many more cab chassis that are as good and some are alot cheaper, eg. mack, mercedes, frieghtliner, dennis etc etc.

I think that C.F.S should look at the type 2 on a scania cab chassis as it wouldn't be a huge difference in cost and it would be ideal for our needs. C.F.S do own a scania now being mawson tanker so i don't know what they are scared of.

Well not sure about the working party but region 1 now has a pumper commitee made up of brigades that are likely to a get new pumper but from what i've seen its just to make the volunteers think the paid staff are listening to them and i dont think it will achive much.

Ah yes but from what i have heard the minister doesn't want 2 data bases in the state so therefore cfs may not have the capability's to do all areas.

Maybe Alex can shed some light on this.

Yeah we used to have rural helmets as well but we broke so many that we gave the rest to our cadets who love them.

Pity you cant use top guards anymore they were a great rural helmet.

These groups think they have special response methods with mfs but i dont see why they cant set this up with cfs.

I've been told they were gonna use scania's but they are too high for some of the bridges around adelaide, they would have had to cut a section out of the roof meaning the drivers B.A set would have had to be in a locker coz the seat would be too high in the cab (what a shame that would have been). Hopefully 205 or 206 don't go anywhere near these bridges

They used the old sticks off the old skyjets so i wonder if once these new ones are on the run they will pull the ones off the current 203, 243 and 703 to make more new one's?

Yes, it's still used. It came out of all the white powder incidents a few years ago. Instead of responding half the M.F.S they would respond a gp pump and a D.O to investigate.

Yes all the time. Even goes the other way, sometimes for domestic's or rescue's just over the border they will not put domestic in so that a C.F.S truck doesn't come, for example....

MFS: RESPOND TO (DATE/TIME)(ROAD)(LOCATION)(MAP) POSSIBLE HOUSE FIRE 201 203.

It just goes to show it isn't a fully automated system and there are ways around it.

We always get hazmat's as reduced responces from m.f.s.

So yeah, back to the 34, it is a nice rig, its about time C.F.S started building some practical (non plastic) appliances. Would be nice to test one of the new turbo isuzu's compared to the first non turbo isuzu's.

There's a working party looking into everything, soon there will be a working party looking into working party's.

Our group has justed made a policy that it is only to be worn to structure fires...

What's really funny is that we had a grass fire the other night and i wore my nomex and took my pbi with me but the pbi got dirtier from being pushed around the floor of the appliance than if i was wearing it.

I believe next year is at goolwa so that should attract a few more people.