Appliances - Hastings Fire Brigade

Hastings Pumper

Scania Mid Mounted Type 4 Pumper

Hastings received the Mid Mounted Type 4 Pumper in 2011 to replace an Isuzu Type 3 Medium Pumper that had been in service since 2004.

Based on a slightly modified Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) Mark 5 Pumper, this truck is the only one of its kind in the CFA and was previously located at Dandenong.

The vehicle was introduced into the fleet to evaluate different pump configurations for the new Heavy Pumpers. After extensive trials, it was decided to build rear mounted Pumps. The mid mounted Pumper was then re-located to Hastings.

Technical Information

Scania 300 94G cabin with seating for 5 crew members. Two Breathing Apparatus sets are mounted into two of the rear seats.

The Appliance has a 1600 litre “first aid” water tank and a Darley KSPAH 1000 2 stage midship mounted pump capable of flows up to 4,000 litres of water per minute. Two (2) live hose reels are provided either side of the appliance
and are 60 meters in length.

Water can be delivered through four outlets, with two on either side of the truck. All outlets are 64mm in diameter, although one on each side has a 64mm-to-38mm adaptor fitted to it.

Supporting the water delivery system is a FoamPro foam proportioning system, as well as a “round the pump” B class foam proportioning system.

Other equipment the truck carries includes one 9 metre ladder, a multifold ladder, ground monitor, Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) fan, forcible entry tools and equipment as well as Breathing Apparatus (BA) and oxygen equipment.

On the rear of the appliance an Akron Deckmaster remote controlled roof monitor, with the remote plugging into the pump panel.

Hastings Tanker 1

IVECO Heavy Tanker

Hastings received a new Heavy Tanker in 2023, replacing the previous 3.4C Heavy Tanker that had been in service since 2006.

Hastings Tanker 2

Isuzu Light Tanker

The Light Tanker is a Brigade owned appliance and was purchased in 2017 after an extensive fund raising campaign by the Brigade.

Technical Information

Crew Cab 4×4 Light Tanker consists of with seating for five (5) crew and a tank size of 1700 litres.

The CFA crew protection system incorporates the vehicle spray system with drop down fire curtains in the cab and spray outlets distributed evenly over the vehicle. The tanker has a Quenchmaster CF700CFA-24V Foam system.

The Tanker has been fitted with a fire-fighting pump set comprising a GAAM MK 150 pumpset with Kubota D902 Centrifugal single stage pump

The Tanker has been constructed on the Isuzu NPS 75-155, 4WD Diesel engine powered crew cab chassis.

Hastings FCV

Field Command Vehicle

The Field Command Vehicle (FCV – which was originally known as the “Brigade Support” prior to reclassification in 2010) was purchased in 2015 and put online shortly after.

It replaced the previously owned Nissan Patrol.

Technical Information