Posts by leutmatho

I agree and disagree
Yes it would make the utility more useful and mean departments that don't have one means you don't need more but you should be using utilities along side heavy rescues and for small calls like tree fallen

I use utilities for the SES(State emergency service) in Australia the normally go to calls like trees down flood rescues(water rescues) assist in technical rescues(car and vertical) and SAR
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it's quite interesting the way the take pressure of fire units for fallen trees during large scale storms and floods.

Remember there are a huge amount of volunteer departments that run full staffed brush trucks ranging from 2-6 people plus because there is an option to run 6 people per rig doesn't mean you have to run 6 six people when I do huge expansions to my setup(buying a station and adding like 6 rigs) I put minimal staffing on all units till I hire enough people to fully staff. In regards to it not being used for all calls I think the calls it can de used on are:
Bin fire?
Burning car?
Burning motorbike?
Burning grass
Garden shed fire?
Burning leaves?
Bulk trash?
Bale of straw fire
Tractor fire
Burning callbox?
Tree on road
Burning truck?
Little field fire
Little wildfire
Caravan fire?
Mailbox fire?
Brush pile
Burning trailer?
Burning bus shelter?
Road accident
Gas leak?
Harvester fire
Wastebin fire?
Major fire?
Manhole fire?
Burning machine?
Burning locomotive?
Gas station fire?
Dangerous goods truck accident?
Pile up?
Tree on bikeway
Burning substation?
Person under tree?
Traffic accident-ice?
MVA rollover?
Industrial fire?
Building collapse?
Trench rescue?
Officer down?
Missing person?
Unknown tanker spill?
Residential fire?
Bomb explosion?
Smoke in cabin?
Brakes overheat?

That's what I think and what the brush/bush units respond to minus a couple.

They would still function as a type 1 but they would be needed on calls like brush fire ect

then there could be calls that require a brush truck

We are saying change the names from type 1 to engine and type 2 to brush not add a vehicle but change names

What is everyone else's thoughts on it

nswfr sydney australia please

Then if it was named a brush truck y9u could make certain calls require it

I'm not saying add a brush truck just change the names to make more sense then type 1 and type 2

I know all my volunteer stations a 350 sec delay which I think is the max?

I think change the Names from type 1 to engine type 2 to brush truck and change the brush truck crew capacity to 2 to 6

I know depending on department they either do engine ladder or rescue to have a medic on

That's what I meant

I think making it so having a paramedic trained firefighter in the vehicle should make it act as a fly car

I think this idea would go great with a volunteer stations were there is a random response delay from 3 to 10 or 15 minutes would be cool because you could standby units so it removes the response delay.

Close the thread it's of topic
If you can't handle some feedback and criticism on your ideas don't post them people will disagree because everyone has their own opinions from what they have experienced. And remember the way things sound when you read them is completely different to the way the sound from the actual person.

the reason they mighg be bigger is buget most airport fire services are federal government run in places like Europe and australia were in the US its up to individual states local governments or private run airfield companies to finance

id say 2 casualties because the train driver or a bystander might have shock

has all ready been suggested look in the fourms futher and theres like another 3 threads about it