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Heavy Pumper
Large Volume Pumper
A Heavy Pumper appliance carries approximately 2000 litres of water and is a two wheel drive vehicle. It has a Pumping capacity of 3785 lpm (1000 gpm) or more.
A Pumper appliance is suitable for flat or undulating terrain conditions, such as built up suburban areas and is suitable for combating structure fires as well as grass, scrub and bushfires.
A Pumper appliance may also used at Hazardous Materials spills and Road Crashes to provide Equipment and Water.
Specifications
All Pumper appliances carry a basic set of firefighting equipment, which may include:
- Breathing Apparatus
- Rubber hose (Hose Reel)
- 25 mm layflat hose
- 38 mm layflat hose
- 64 mm layflat hose
- 64 mm filler length hose
- Standpipe and key
- Suction hose
- Foam - A and B class
- Firelighter (s)
- Fire Extinguisher(s)
- First Aid kit
- GRN Radios
- VHF and / or UHF handheld radio
- Knapsack (optional)
- Rescue Rope
- Stop / Slow bats
- Safety vests
- Traffic Cones
- Salvage Sheets
Other equipment may be carried on a Pumper appliance, depending on individual brigade requirements:
- Road Crash Rescue equipment (Heavy / Light)
- Road Crash Rescue equipment (Rapid Intervention)
- Halligan tool
- Ceiling pike
- Hazmat Equipment
- Chainsaw
- Rescue Stretcher
- Trauma Teddy
- Oxygen kit
- Defibrillator
- Thermal Imaging Camera
- Absorbant material (for oil spills etc)
Please Note: The above information is provided as an example of a typical appliance of this type. Actual equipment and configuration of appliances may vary to suit requirements of the station to which it belongs.