NSW RFS Fire Vehicles

"New South Wales Rural Fire Service" - all vols - formerly known as
the Bush Fire Brigades

https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/41477/5.1.7-Appliance-and-Vehicle-Category-Details.pdf
- 4 pages

1. every SW RFS fire station has at least 1 cat 1 rig

2. the cat 1 rigs sometimes have a scba locker with 2 or 4 scba -
thats probably the village rigs or the multi purpose rigs

3. the cat 1 rigs have 750 to 1000 gallons of water plus a self
powered 150 gpm pump plus a portable pump - they are similar to USA
TYPE 4 engines imho - possibly all cat 1 have cafs

4. looking at this document - note that cat 1 and cat 2 are AWD - cat
3 and 4 are not AWD (like texas boosters maybe) - cat 5 and 6 are the
largest but I think they are very rare - cat 7 and 8 are midi pumpers
- cat 9 are small like jeeps or pickup trucks with only 200 gallons of
water

5. cat 10 and 11 are listed as "pumpers" - possibly they are regular
urban pumpers with more compartments and maybe a deck gun - and maybe
a integral pump or a PTO - maybe do not have pump and roll capability

10. since NWS RFS has 2,000 fire brigades - and each brigade typically
has one 2 bay or 3 bay station - then one can assume that NWS RFS has
2,000 cat 1 rigs plus 2,000 cat 7 rigs plus 2,000 cat 9 rigs - plus 62
pumpers (cat 10 or 11 apparently - for village structural protection)

11. each station might have 1 AED - each rig might have 2 uhf mobile
radios and 2 VHF portables

12. NWS RFS might have 1 tanker per district also - which would give
them approx 50 tankers (2000 or 3000 or 4000 gallons of water)

13. not sure how many aircraft NWS RFS owns - maybe 10 helos

14. keep in mind that FRNWS has approx 500 urban pumpers at 350
stations plus 30 ladder plus 30 heavy rescues plus 30 hazmat trucks

15. not sure what other parts of Australia have for fire rigs - it is
probably similar - I know that the other states also have historically
had the city vs bush fire brigade distinction - probably for the last
70 years anyways