06-19-2015, 07:59 PM
One problem I see for this Fire Train is that there are no radiant heat shields for the protection of crew using the monitor unit, ie the nozzle.
The majority of bushfire units here in Australia now have radiant heat shields as well as self defense vehicle sprinklers and low water alarms, these improvements as well as changes to attack techniques, came about following crew deaths in fires in the Ash Wednesday Fires of 1983 and others since.
The results were no Fire fighter deaths during the Black Saturday fires of 2009, mind you there were some close calls.
Black Saturday resulted in the deaths of 173 people and 2029 homes being destroyed.
Lets hope that nothing like that occurs again.
Mark
The majority of bushfire units here in Australia now have radiant heat shields as well as self defense vehicle sprinklers and low water alarms, these improvements as well as changes to attack techniques, came about following crew deaths in fires in the Ash Wednesday Fires of 1983 and others since.
The results were no Fire fighter deaths during the Black Saturday fires of 2009, mind you there were some close calls.
Black Saturday resulted in the deaths of 173 people and 2029 homes being destroyed.
Lets hope that nothing like that occurs again.
Mark
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