QFRS - Fleet 990

[Stretch]

Taken out the back of Southport station. Callsign is 636Y but it never really gets used on air but I've seen it running around so I gather Firecom don't keep track of it.

[SunnybankScan]

Looks like a Rural pumper

[Comint]

Looks like a Rural pumper

A Yankee is an iZone appliance. Allows Urban Brigades to provide Mutual Aid to Rural Brigades where it is impractical for a normal Urban appliance to venture.

iZone = the Interface Zone, or border area, between Urban Brigade and Rural Brigade areas.

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Comint

[Stretch]

Looks like a Rural pumper

A Yankee is an iZone appliance. Allows Urban Brigades to provide Mutual Aid to Rural Brigades where it is impractical for a normal Urban appliance to venture.

iZone = the Interface Zone, or border area, between Urban Brigade and Rural Brigade areas.

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Comint

Yeah there's six of them in South East Region (631Y, 633Y, 636Y, 645Y, 673Y, 675Y) and they allow urban crews to venture into the bush.

[Rudager]

these are echos in brisbane. the yankees are the light attacks, nissan patrols and what not.

[fire_rescue]

I hear 501y today heading to 2 station

[Rudager]

I hear 501y today heading to 2 station

that one is one of the brand new nissan patrols with diesel pump sets. used by the area training officers.

[bonnie28]

Rudager ! Tell me your not at 15 station ?

[Stretch]

Rudager ! Tell me your not at 15 station ?

No he's at 6 station

[Rudager]

Rudager ! Tell me your not at 15 station ?

No he's at 6 station

haha. was at 15 for a short while last year. whys that?

[fire_rescue]

Hey Rudager
That yankee at one its not the patrol with the tool box lockers on trays both sides. Also when was at Coastguard shift at manly 15 popped in, running kemp places old heavy .

[Rudager]

Hey Rudager
That yankee at one its not the patrol with the tool box lockers on trays both sides. Also when was at Coastguard shift at manly 15 popped in, running kemp places old heavy .

mate couldnt tell you if it has lockers on both sides, dont really pay that much attention. the RDO parked it out the front of 30 one night when I was there and noticed it had a new diesel pump set. the big heavy scania has been at wynnum for a while now. got shifted there because of its 3000L water capacity and much bigger A and B class foam capacity for potential jobs at the port of brisbane. they also realised that they dont need such a big output pump to run the aerial at kemp place, so they traded trucks.

[fire_rescue]

sorry for wording "its not" auto text on small mobile screen, with 6 station are they doing that 47 usally does assisting islands with jobs?

[Rudager]

sorry for wording "its not" auto text on small mobile screen, with 6 station are they doing that 47 usally does assisting islands with jobs?

Indeed. thats why we took the echo to the workshops yesterday for weighing to see if we cound fit it on the redland bay water police barge.

[Rohan]

sorrry for bumbing an old post but from wat ive been told the echos with the rural fire snails mean that rural crews have been trained on them and can come and man them.
they had them go on a strike team to stanthorpe/nsw border area last fire season because they seem to sit around and not get used too much

[dmint3]

fleet 990 is now at Nerang