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This unit is manned at nights and weekends by volunteers(accommodation for the crew is in the building behind the truck) and during the day the paid administration staff man the truck. It ensures a very quick turnout in an volunteer fire service area.

Added by Paul on 13 October 2008.

got any specs on the truck. our brigade is looking at recieving 1

Added by Paul on 12 November 2008.

I believe the truck is a stock standard turbo diesel Hino 4x4 which is commercially available. As for the rear compartments, custom made by for the NSWRFS by a contractor.

Added by Martyn Schafer on 28 November 2008.

Pretty good-looking rig - they managed the Crew-Cab well.

Guessing from the designated parking space and the Shore-Line Power Stand; it is stationed outside, on the ready.

The white-painted top would make sense, in all that sun-light and heat.

Written from the Northern Hemisphere, where we have the snow down and sub-zero temperatures.....Brrrrr!

Great photo.

Regards, from wintry Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 28 November 2008.

Hi
Just for anyone that's interested, some of the specs for the Flyer.
It carries 2500L of water, as opposed to the first generation pumpers that carried about 1600L I think. 100mm hard suction inlet, 2x65mm inlets, 3x65mm outlets, and a 20mm high-pressure live reel mounted on the back.
The lockers are awesome, everything is mounted on slide-out trays and there is a heap of space.
Just some of the stuff is carries: 4 CABA sets, generator, positive pressure ventilation fan, portable pump, chainsaws, portable lighting, 9.5M rescue ladder, roof ladder, combination folding ladder, a heap of hand tools, salvage gear etc.

I believe Terry Hills (another brigade here on the Northern Beaches) are having their first generation pumper replaced by one identical to the flyer. The new truck is sitting out at Homebush at the moment, waiting for Terry Hills station to be renovated so it can fit in the tanker bay :P (these are a fair bit longer than a Cat 1).

Added by Chris on 07 March 2009.

Have they upgraded the new CAT 11 to pump and drive at the same time ? Apparently his was a problem with the early PTO Pumps

Added by Russ on 10 March 2009.

Russ, I am not sure about earlier Cat 11's but this model and I believe future models have a device which controls the rev settings. PTO pumps power from the truck gearbox, if the revs are high more power is applied to the truck so generally you cannot move a truck once the PTO is engaged. These trucks have a "limiter" so you can set the max rev output so you can move the truck without risking hose failure as the revs cannot exceed the limit set by the device. Hope that answers your question.

Added by Martyn Schafer on 27 August 2009.

Sure is one smick looking truck.Can't wait to get ours early next year. The new version carries 3,000 litres.It will be replacing our old Yamba built Cat 1 that also ran PTO but carried 4,212 litres. Pto is the only way to fly as we took our truck out of area right across NSW from Tom Groggin on the Vic border through to Toowoomba in Qld and there just is nothing like having the fire power of a pto when the proverbial hits the fan. Cheers

Added by Tye Porter Captain Iluka RFB on 26 November 2009.

If people want to get a copy of this pic can you email me, I really do hate seeing my photos appear on other websites with people claiming to be the photographer or the owner of the copyright. I'd be happy to give people a copy if they ask.

Added by Martyn Schafer on 16 September 2010.

Well said Martyn. Someone out there is selling my copyrighted photographs without my permission. They've come back to me via innocent parties.

Added by Andrew Middleton on 16 September 2010.

Yes we have the same problem, just once they download them, all the details of the original are lost but we have all of them sotred on our originals on our database so we can prove they are ours, seriously thinking about watermarking anything else we put up from now on. Keeep up the good work.

Added by Mike & Helen on 16 September 2010.

Nice photo. Thanks for listing the equipment and water tank sizes. What's the pump capacities of the high and low pressure pumps? Does it carry RTA gear? Thanks.

Added by David L on 17 September 2010.

It doesn't carry any RTA gear because the NSW RFS is not a rescue agency for road rescue in NSW.

As for the pump specifications I purposefully didn't provide them because this vehicle was part of the 1st release and now the 2nd release is now underway, all of the specs are different as they have the improvements applied which were detected as problems in the 1st series.

In the 2nd series, tank sizes are different, pump is different, even the siren is different.

Added by Martyn Schafer on 02 November 2010.

As a member of a brigade that mans the flyer, this piece of shit is always breaking down. It was the prototype of the new Cat 11. The Second series has a extremely underpowered engine (Terry Hills Pumper) and I'm surprised we make is up hills sometimes.

Added by Jake Long on 04 February 2011.

You man the Flyer or do you drive the Flyer? Because I have never had any problems driving it. You are not alone with your new pumper, brigades from all over the state have problems with them being underpowered.

Added by Martyn Schafer on 08 February 2011.

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