I'm with you there PumpRescue, CFS management (or some of it) is full of it. I heard from reliable sources a year ago that a replacement appliance was on the way to replace our ageing 2-4, and a year later.... nothing. And secondly, when talking to a Regional Officer not long ago about getting a 2/3-4P to help in dealing with the multiple B risks in our area instead of a 2/3-4, i was told that it wasn't an option because we don't have any boosters to use it with. While i concede that this is true at the moment, i also see that it will occur soon on at least one site, and at the moment i am looking at the other options a 2/3-4P gives us - Clark mast for better lighting, user friendly BA mounts, Dual cab, blah blah blah blah etc, oh and by the way - an underweight truck that doesn't lean to one side and is safe to drive and doesn't need repair work every two months, and that the crew have confidence and feel safe in. Oh and by the way, how about making the region spares a bit more up to the task of being used as a spare appliance instead of being the disgraceful looking, and fitted out, and equipped, pieces of turd that they are.
Anyway i've had my whinge and i'm happier now.