Yorke Valley BW9
Bulk Water Carrier
Bulk Water Carrier (BWC), refers to any appliance carrying bulk water, and may be setup as a a rigid or articulated configuration The capacity of water carried varies from 4,000 litres to 26,000 litres. BWC appliance is suitable for all urban responses but more commonly used for fires in areas where there is no access to mains water, or there is a problem with supply through mains water.
Equipment carried by a Tanker may include:
Portable Dam
Safety vests
Traffic cones
GRN radios
UHF radios
Mobile phone
Extensive maps
GPS unit
Crew: Two
Water: 9000 Litres
Foam quantity: 0Litres
Response types:House, Factory, Shed fires, Hay shed fires, Grass fires, Bush fires
Strike team Appliances:Yes
Based: Port Victoria
Yorke Valley BW9
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