lets do an overview again of the 2 major fire agencies in New South
Wales Australia
they are - NSW Rural Fire - and - Fire Rescue NSW (FRNSW)
1. its seems that all initial dispatching is done by just 2 shared
fire comms centers
2. it also seems that all primary radio comms are done on the same UHF
TRS - but using different Talk Groups for each agency
2A - Rural FD uses 161 Mhz for FG - FRNSW might use UHF for FG
3. generally speaking - their fire stations are intermixed between
each other - except that the major cities and major suburbs just have
FRNSW stations - the smaller cities, smaller suburbs, and rural areas
have a mixture of stations
4. The Rural Fire Service is primarily oriented towards controlling
brush / bush fires
5. FRNSW has approx 400 city pumpers and 30 ladder trucks and 30
rescues and 30 hazmat trucks operating from 350 fire stations - they
have approx 10 new brush trucks also
6. NSW Rural Fire has approx 2,400 fire stations - all staffed by
pager equipped volunteers - fire rigs are mostly 4X4 pumpers - either
with 400 gallons or 800 gallons of water onboard - I think they have
approx 5,000 pumpers / appliances - usually 1 large and 1 small pumper
in each station - plus a patrol truck or SUV or pickup
7. FRNSW staff all have bunker gear and SCBA
8. Rural FD members have orange jump suits - very few of their units
have SCBA - unsure how many though - some villages do get structural
fire protection from the NSW Rural FD
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