Thread: Emergency Services Land Rovers

LAND ROVER QAV - SA COUNTRY FIRE SERVICE

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Light Rural Appliance
500L, 4WD Light Rural Fire Appliance



A Light Rural (LR) appliance carries approximately 500 litres of water, is a 4 wheel drive capable vehicle and can be in a single or dual cab arrangement. A Light Rural vehicle can also be utilised as a command vehicle, or assist in logistics work.

A LR appliance is particularly well suited to steep areas, where access may be via narrow roads, driveways or fire tracks, and is used predominately for combating grass, scrub and bushfires. A LR will generally carry the callsign of QAV, which stands for a Quick Attack Vehicle, or QRV, which is a Quick Response Vehicle. The chassis GVM will be under 5 tonnes for this type of appliance.

Specifications

Each LR appliance carries a basic set of equipment, which can include:


Rubber Hose (Hose Reel)
25mm layflat hose
64 mm filler length
38 mm layflat hose
64 mm layflat hose
Suction hose
Rake hoe
Knapsack
First Aid kit
GRN radios
VHF and/or UHF hand held radio
A Class Foam
Assorted Extinguishers
Firelighter
Safety vests
Traffic Cones

Additional equipment may be carried on the LR appliance, depending on the brigade requirements. This equipment may include:

GPS Unit
Chainsaw
Standpipe & key
Salvage sheet
UHF Radio
Stop / Slow bats

Please Note: The above information is provided as an example of a typical appliance of this type. Actual equipment and configuration of appliances may vary to suit requirements of the station to which it belongs.