Fire Engines Photos

Hino FM truck, single cabin.Fleet number 111.In Brunei we classified this type of appliance as Water tanker (WRT).Maybe in Indonesia this is a heavy pumper, between the bar at the front makes this appliance looks aggressive.

Added by Bomba Boy on 07 November 2006.

Indonesian tandem axle pump tankers have up to 12, 000 liter water tanks and 2850 LPM pumps.

These are the largest pumper-tankers in everyday use. Smaller two axle units have from 3, 000 to 6, 000 liter tanks and either 1900 or 2850 LPM pumps. (500 or 750 US gallons.)

All versions can be either two door or four door cab types, but it is quite common for crew members to ride on the roof too, especially on units which do not have crew cabs.

A 1, 900 LPM monitor is universal equipment, and quite often used for the initial attack. The complement of ground ladders is however rather sparse. In Jakarta there are a few 34 and 53 meter aerials, though, but they are only at a small number of fire stations.

The pumpers and rescue squads are mainly on Japanese chassis like this Hino with locally built bodywork similar to this one by Firedome, but there are also some MAN units. Aerials are also sometimes built on Volvo and Mercedes chassis.

Because many areas do not have hydrants, the SOP is to stage pumpers a few hose lengths apart, with a relay so as to utilize all of their water tank capacities. In this way, even a medium sized fire can be attended by eight or ten pumpers - all eventually emptying out their tanks to the fireground unit(s) to get the job finally done!

Examples of these tactics can be seen on several Youtube videos.


Added by Rob Johnson on 26 September 2018.

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