Country Fire Service (South Australia) 20
Country Fire Service (South Australia) 20 : Cfs Appliances: A 14 appliance, only carries 1000 litres nominally (often 600L usable), but is extremely useful for getting into small tracks which larger appliances can not. Large 34s often have trouble in getting into smaller areas. 24s are the most common, because they are not too heavy and big, but carry a reasonable amount of water, which can last a good time before having to fill up. In most parts of South Australia outside major centres there is no water mains, so this is where Bulk Water Carriers come in handy. These BWCs, often at a rural fire, will be stationary at the edge of it, for smaller trucks to fill up from. when empty it is their job to go and find water in places including, rivers, dams, swimming pools and water tanks. Urban appliances: Urban appliances are usually Pumpers', 24Pumpers' (24P), 34Pumpers' (34P) or 12 appliances. They have bigger pumps, and are more suitable for responding to urban incidents like house fires, car accidents etc. Specialised appliances: These are trucks which are designed for one purpose, like Rescue, or HAZMAT. Usually these are combined with another truck. (e. g. A pumper will be a combined Pumper/HAZMAT truck, or Pumper/Rescue) There is one state-wide HAZMAT truck, which is based at Burnside CFS that responds to any HAZMATincident in the state. It carries extra air cylinders for the Breathing Apparatus as well as gas tight suits, atmospheric monitoring equipment, and other specialised equipment
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