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Hello everyone, thought I'd share some more images from Melbourne on a recent buffing trip. We've even got an American vehicle being trialled! Enjoy.

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my guess would be the Ford brush truck in the last pic...

Wasn't sure if that was a normal vehicle for them or not. Thought so myself but figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

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Thank you for sharing these great photos from the "other end" lol

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Thanks for sharing Mitch. Was just wondering what chasis do vou guys use over there? They appear to be Volvo to me

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Thanks everyone. Correct, the American vehicle is the Ford Brush Truck. It's being trialled as a quick response vehicle staffed with 2 crew to bin fires and as a rapid response unit. Unsure if it will be put into full time service and if more will be purchased. Built by: http://bfxfire.com/products

We run a mixture of vehicles here in Australia from Freightliners to Ivecco's however our main Chassis is built on a Scania Chassis.

Would you guys like to see some more images? If your interested I can post them up.

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Alright Guys, more as you requested. All the picture's I've posted have been the MFB, the service mainly stationed in built up areas, would you like to see some pictures of our rural units?

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Here is one of the pod trucks that is used to carry our specialised pods, and some of the pods themselves.

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One of the only ambulances to be based at a fire station in Melbourne.

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Odd looking Mercedes ambulance. Only ones I see ( in New York) are the ones with the extended roofs for standing/storage purposes, how could a patient and a EMT fit in one of those ambulances?

Great pictures, again.

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Thank you very much, this is what the inside of the ambulance would look like. It is one of the older models so there's a little more space in the one I posted.

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Alright Guys, more as you requested. All the picture's I've posted have been the MFB, the service mainly stationed in built up areas, would you like to see some pictures of our rural units?

We would like to see any apparatus you want to share. If you have any scene shots we would like to see that too. It's always interesting to see how others do things outside the US.

Thanks again.

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Quickly jumping back to the Ford brush unit, it appears the steering is on the right hand side. Is the correct?

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thank for sharing! like the idea of using pods. how well does that work for you?

by the way, love the falcon ute in the background. wish we had those here. especially the FPV version ;-)

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Thanks for posting the photos.

What's the purpose of the Hose Layer Module pod? Is it filled with larger diameter supply hose for use at incidents requiring high flows or with long stretches? If so, is there more than one such module and what is the response time? Do your front-line engines carry much hose?

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing the photos, and glad to have you as a member here!

I'm always impressed on some of the very progressive features on apparatus from Europe and Australia. You usually see those ideas spec'd on US apparatus 10 years later, lol. Some apparatus committees could problay learn a lot from a trip down under.

Looking forward to more photos.

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Awesome pics. Y'know,...if they weren't obviously Euro-looking apparatus, you wouldn't know its not somewhere in North America. Travelling to Melbourne is on my lottery/bucket list!

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Quickly jumping back to the Ford brush unit, it appears the steering is on the right hand side. Is the correct?

Correct, to allow a full trial of the vehicle to test it's response capability.

thank for sharing! like the idea of using pods. how well does that work for you?

They are very effective, will explain a little further down.

Thanks for posting the photos.

What's the purpose of the Hose Layer Module pod? Is it filled with larger diameter supply hose for use at incidents requiring high flows or with long stretches? If so, is there more than one such module and what is the response time? Do your front-line engines carry much hose?

Correct with what the pod carries, there is more than one of these (around 3). Our average response time is 90 seconds, a pod response time is about 2 mins due to having to unload the pod it was carrying and load the needed pod. There pretty quick still! Our frontline engines carry enough hose for a second alarm.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the photos, and glad to have you as a member here!

I'm always impressed on some of the very progressive features on apparatus from Europe and Australia. You usually see those ideas spec'd on US apparatus 10 years later, lol. Some apparatus committees could problay learn a lot from a trip down under.

Looking forward to more photos.

Thanks! More to come.

Awesome pics. Y'know,...if they weren't obviously Euro-looking apparatus, you wouldn't know its not somewhere in North America. Travelling to Melbourne is on my lottery/bucket list!

It's certainly an interesting place. More pictures from a buffing trip today will be put up soon. Hopefully I have answered you questions and feel free to keep asking!

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Alright guys, here you go; some of our rural vehicles. I also included a shot from a Hazmat incident on the weekend.

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The firefighters were decontaminated via the elevated platform for the initial decontamination and then hosed down from a ground line.

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Enjoy and feel free to ask questions.

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Great stuff, really interesting to see rigs and such from other countries. Def keep posting, you got some really cool stuff there and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

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