The first ten ‘fire trailers’ will be deployed to remote communities to increase the response capabilities delivered by Emergency Service volunteers.
The new trailers are funded as part of the NT Government’s Territory Growth Towns and ensure emergency response capabilities within the towns boundaries.
These ten are part of an initial deployment throughout July and August to Maningrida, Numbulwar, Gapuwiyak, Ramingining, Kalkaringi, Lajamanu, Ali Curung, Papunya, Yuendumu and Hermannsburg. ‘Personal Protective Equipment’ and training will also accompany this deployment. Director, NT Emergency Services said fire response is in addition to the valuable service already delivered by trained volunteers in these areas including road crash rescue, land search, flood boat and storm damage to name a few. “This is an exciting time for NTES and the introduction of these new fire trailers will provide our Volunteers with the best equipment available to respond to the needs of the remote communities. “While some community volunteer units have been delivering some fire response, these new assets are all state of the art and purpose built to handle remote conditions, consistent with existing valve configurations of Fire Authority resources, and large enough to hold a sufficient amount of water to conduct initial fire response. “Equally important, the fact that all the fire trailers being deployed are fit for purpose and provide a common standard with other NT Fire and Rescue assets means efficiencies in training and no requirement for familiarisation in the event of a major fire emergency when volunteers from other areas are brought in to provide support.” Director, Peter Davies said.
Background:
The fire trailers are locally built in the Territory following a tender process, 7’ x 5’ dual axle with an 800 litre stainless steel baffled water tank and a GAAM 125 pump powered by a Honda 13hp engine. The trailers will be capable of being filled from either gravity fed water storage systems or access the underground hydrant from the supplied standpipe. The trailer can connect directly to a hydrant and pump from this supply without using the water in the tank or can operate independently using its onboard water supply. The fire trailer can operate either one or two 38mm hoses, a 19mm hose from the reel, or any combination of the three. There is a large storage area on the front to hold all the associated fire fighting accessories.
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