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  1. 15th January 2014, 05:11 PM #1
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    LandRover Fire Truck under Bells & Lights

    No disrespect to our CFA Volunteers, but I really had to have a chuckle to myself whilst stopped at the traffic lights today.

    Heard siren, looked in mirrors ... nothing

    looked up and down road ... nothing

    waiting

    ..... waiting

    siren getting closer

    then a CFA Defender speeds past . like I say no disrespect but it was funny seeing the slowed traffic going faster than the Land Rover !!!
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiJToLOh6iE"]Total Fire Ban today, CFA LandRover Fire Truck , Lights & Siren !! - YouTube[/ame]


    Actually its the first time Ive ever seen a LandRover under lights & siren !!
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    We have them in the hills. Fire trucks never travel very fast due to the weight of equipment and if loaded with water it makes speed pretty hard.
    Maybe the traffic is speedinglike every day driving faster than the posted limit

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares View Post
    We have them in the hills. Fire trucks never travel very fast due to the weight of equipment and if loaded with water it makes speed pretty hard.
    Maybe the traffic is speedinglike every day driving faster than the posted limit
    It was actually one of yours units, from Belgrave. but I think thats a Pumper ?? rather than a tanker, so no water !! (but is is sitting low in the back)
    I think he might have slowed to have a look at my truck
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    Our brigade had an Acco as our 22 Rescue appliance.

    More than once, if I was in a 110 zone, I would shut the bells & whistles off.

    Kinda pointless when it had a top speed of just over 90 km/h

    But, she got us there, every time until her retirement...
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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    It was actually one of yours units, from Belgrave. but I think thats a Pumper ?? rather than a tanker, so no water !! (but is is sitting low in the back)
    I think he might have slowed to have a look at my truck
    If its like our pumpers they still carry a reserve of water (up to 1000L) or in the case of our Urban Rural Pumper (URP) it carries 3,000L..

    But if enroute to a job through traffic,our mob at least, speeding or not theyre obligated to run lights and sirens...

    (also a lot of defender response drivers dont 'drive it like its stolen' which gets best results )
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