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The Morphett Vale CFS brigade currently has three appliances, Morphett Vale 24 Pumper and Morphett Vale 24 are supplied by the government, whilst Morphett Vale 14 is a brigade owned appliance and has been built by the brigade. Years of fundraising and donations have provided the funding for Morphett Vale 1.4 and thanks go to all those that have contributed towards the vehicle. Morphett Vale 24 Pumper This appliance is our primary urban response vehicle. It is a four wheel drive Isuzu FTS750 dual cab truck. It carries 2000 litres of water and an urban fire fighting stowage kit. It is fitted with a Darley HE500 pump which is capable of delivering 1930 litres of water per minute.
Some of the equipment carried on this appliance is; 6 x 64 mm lengths of rubber hose 4 x 38 mm lengths of rubber hose 4 x 25 mm lengths of canvas hose Knapsack sprays and hand tools 4 positive pressure 'Saber Centurion' breathing apparatus sets Positive pressure ventilation fan Collapsible rescue stretcher Extensive 1st aid kit Oxygen therapy kit Automatic External Defibrillator A & B class fire fighting foam Generator and lighting equipment Dewalt reciprocating saw / cordless drill kit Chainsaw and safety equipment 240 volt /12 volt Refrigerator Non contact temperature gun GRN & VHF radios Traffic Control devices Morphett Vale 24 This appliance is our primary rural response vehicle. The appliance is built on a four wheel drive Hino Kestrel 500 FT cab / chassis and carries 2000 litres of water. The pump is a GAAM 300D coupled to a Hatz diesel engine, it is capable of producing 500 litres per minute at 1000kpa.
Some of the equipment carried on this appliance is; 6 x 64 mm lengths of rubber hose 4 x 38 mm lengths of rubber hose 4 x 25 mm lengths of canvas hose Knapsack sprays and hand tools B class fire fighting foam 2 positive pressure 'Saber Centurion' breathing apparatus sets Chainsaw and safety equipment Extensive 1st aid kit Oxygen therapy kit Automatic External Defibrillator 240 volt /12 volt Refrigerator Global Positioning System Non contact temperature gun GRN & VHF radios Morphett Vale 14 This appliance is our quick attack rural response vehicle. The appliance has is built on a Holden Rodeo tray top utility to which we have fitted a 350 litre water tank and a Darley Snuffer Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) pump. The CAFS pump is capable of producing a very high quality foam with only minimal use of foam concentrate and water. With the CAFS pump operating it is possible to produce high quality foam for longer than 10 minutes using just the 400 litres of water in the tank, normal pumps would use a lot more water than 400 litres to produce the same result. Some of the equipment carried on this appliance is; 30 metres of lightweight hose 1 x 38 mm length of rubber hose 1 x 25 mm length of rubber hose B class fire fighting foam Extensive toolkit GRN & VHF radios
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