Narre Warren VFD - avg turnout time - 3 minutes 18 seconds

Narre Warren VFD - avg turnout time - 3 minutes 18 seconds


The station is located at 292 Narre Warren-Cranbourne Rd, Narre Warren
South. Constructed in 2010, the station has three drive-through motor
room bays. The station features a business hub facility that allows
members to undertake their paid employment from the station during the
day, enabling swifter response times and seamless coordination during
emergencies. Figure 1 shows the member home location to station and
demonstrates that the members are located in close proximity to the
station which enables timely response to reach the station and respond
to incidents. The average turnout time for calls in Narre Warren's SDA
is 3 minutes 18 seconds (the CFA target is 4 minutes).

from https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/3801/CFAFDRPResponse.pdf

near Melbourne Australia

they have 124 volunteers - including urban abd rural - they staff 1
engine and 1 rural engine - (The Narre Warren Fire Brigade has a total
membership of 124 members (38 females and 86 males). The Brigade has a
good range of experienced and newer brigade members with the majority
of the membership aged 40 years or younger.)

Table 1: Fire appliances and vehicles available to the Narre Warren
Brigade Vehicle Vehicle make Age

Pumper Scania 6 years

Tanker Hino 13 years

Field Command Vehicle (Casey Group) XLT Ford Ranger 4x4 7 years

Passenger car Nissan 10 years

Catering Trailer 13 years

Table 2: Vehicle specification

Pumper Carrying five firefighters, 2,500 litres of water and 4,000 lpm
pump. Contains standard CFA urban stowage including BA, positive
pressure fan, thermal imaging camera, forceable entry tools, gas
suits, splash suit, defibrillator, fuse removal and electrical safety
equipment, hoses and adaptors, salvage, monitors and foam equipment.

Tanker Carrying five firefighters 3,750 litres of water, 1,200 lpm
pump, BA, hoses and adaptors, chainsaw and foam equipment.

Field Command Vehicle Mobile Command Centre with capability to operate
in remote locations off grid. Includes Radio and Telephony
communications systems, IT equipment including PC's and multi-function
printer / scanner. Vehicle is used for incident management and BA
support, providing service not only in the SDA but widely into the
southern metropolitan area.

Catering Trailer Provides an intermediate catering option for
firefighters close to the fire ground or at a staging area for short
term incidents or support to a sector at larger incidents

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