 Hello, my name is Craig Brownlee, Operations Manager here at CFA Headquarters. Today we're going to have a look at CFA's new heavy pumpers. These trucks have been built out of the CFA 350 firefighter growth program. So as part of the overall design and reviewing CFA's current heavy pumpers, we did a lot of consultation with firefighters in terms of how we could make improvements to our existing fleet to ensure that we had the best technology and the most efficient workflow possible as we go through this design. So we think we've got a really good outcome of that and that's due to the overwhelming support that we've had from across the state and feedback we receive from firefighters. So as the Operations Manager in charge of this program, I've to work with a lot of different departments in CFA to ensure we get the firetruck into service. So that includes our procurement department in terms of obtaining the equipment and getting it built into the vehicle design as well as our training department about development and then into the deployment of the vehicles. In this program we're doing, it's in two phases. One is a train the trainer. So we go with subject matter experts to the fire station for train the trainer and then they subsequently train the firefighters on each of the shifts in the station in the truck and how it works. So we think some of the things that people will be impressed with the truck is one is the new road rescue support equipment that's been put onto these vehicles. So it's a new area that CFA is going into to support the community at car accidents as well as EMR and the inclusion of battery technology. So this vehicle is the first vehicle that heavily goes into the use of batteries in replacement of petrol powered equipment. I'm going to take you through now and have a look at the specifications of these trucks. The first thing people notice when they see the new pamper is the solid red colour lock of doors. The choice in going to these doors was based out of research from Europe which indicates that from a public perception that the solid red colours give better visibility to fire trucks. So in terms of why we've chosen that and the solid red colour we're hoping that it will give better safety to our firefighters as well as the colouring that's been selected which is the brightest available reflective material. So at night time operations it improves safety to CFA firefighters. So some of the changes that we've made to the pamper include brand new BA seats for the cabin. So we've moved from two seats to three internal seats and they've moved to a vinyl. The vinyl seating is to improve cleanliness and ensuring that we can wipe down and keep the interior of the truck as clean as possible. As well as that we've also included a small drinks fridge under the third middle seat which gives the firefighters access to cool drinking water on those hot occasions that we needed. One of the improvements we've made is the 90 metre hose reel that's been put onto this truck. This provides better ergonomics, lower friction and removal and better ability for firefighters to lay the hose back onto the reel. The next change that we've made is the addition of a small locker at the front of the appliance which includes fuse removal equipment and cool chairs for firefighter rehabilitation. So additional resources that are now included in this truck as standard storage. The design of the Neaside One Locker has been significantly altered as well in terms of better workflow for firefighters as well as repositioning the equipment to include EMR equipment, a standard layout and ability for firefighters to access it. The inclusion of the BA Penagraph allows us to lift the equipment high in the vehicle but also to maintain ergonomics in access for firefighters. So other equipment we've included as standard storage on this truck is PFDs or personal flotation devices and attack and lay packs for use in high-rise and large industrial buildings. What we've been able to do in the redesign of the heavy pumper is to have a look at our storage and deployment arrangements for our 38mm hose. So what we've included onto this truck but we're also going to be rolling out across the fleet is the Cleveland Lay system. So that will go across all of our heavy pumpers and our medium pumpers in the next 12 months or so. This ability gives a lot better ergonomics and manoeuvrability to firefighters in the structural environment including in tight, confined spaces like stairwells. We've also had a look at our branches and we're moving to a system for firefighters to readily understand or know what pressure their branch is using when they've got it. So to do that we're colour-coding all of the handles on our branches. So blue indicates that it operates at five bar, black indicates it operates at seven bar and a purple branch indicates it operates at three bar. This is again, it will make it consistent for firefighters when they pick up a branch that they know exactly what pressure that it needs to flow at. We've also included the water level gauge for the tank on the side of the appliance as well. Generally this is provided the rear and is only visible by the pump operator. The heavy pump are 2017, it's on the side to give better visibility to all firefighters on the fire ground. There's been a few modifications in terms of the pump panel and its layout. Firstly we've worked in terms of the colouring and there's some slight changes to the colouring and this is to align this truck to colours currently in use within MFB. So for interoperability we've aligned the colouring system of our panel. We've also included a press squat mode to allow the truck to squat to a lower height to allow access to the ladder and suction hose when the pump's not engaged. We've also improved the governor arrangement and feedback we receive from the field is that the previous push button governor system was very difficult to operate and we've changed that to a rotary governor control which provides better dexterity and ability to adjust pump pressures by the firefighter. A firefighter workflow has also been thought about in the design of this pumper. So we've included the hydrant at the rear of the appliance. This allows firefighters to come around, collect the hydrant hose and the collector and go directly to the hydrant to get water into the truck as quickly and as efficiently as possible. In the redesign of this fire truck we've also been able to look at some of the equipment that we provide and we've been able to source a new ground monitor that actually increases safety for firefighters. If the monitor becomes unstable on the fire ground it will automatically shut itself off which improves safety for all firefighters. So in this locker where we see the most significant changes on this truck the first thing that we've included is battery operated hydraulic tools. These trucks have been set up for CFA's progression into road rescue support activities which will see primary access equipment provided for primary accidents to people involved in car accidents. So the hydraulic tools all battery operated have been included. So we've also looked at what's occurring across the fire industry and there's a significant increase in the use of battery tools. So we've included that in this appliance with the quipping of battery lighting. This gives you ability to remove generators, electrical leads and fuels from the appliance. These lighting systems can operate up to 24 hours and provide LED lighting to light up the scenes of car accidents, house fires and the like. Very efficient, very bright and reduces a lot of those trip hazards and fuel hazards that we've had previously. So other areas where we see battery technology coming into the fire service is within our positive pressure fans. In the past positive pressure fans have been run off petrol powered motors where this has moved into that battery power. That provides the advantage of not producing carbon monoxide which we're pumping into a building. This is a very efficient fan and has up to a 40 minute runtime off its batteries and it can also be run off 240 volt if required. To support all the batteries on the vehicle we've also included spares and we have a robust battery management process in place with the fire stations to ensure that we have enough batteries available to meet our operational needs. So one of the other areas where we see an increase in responses to is children locked in cars. To help with that we've included the big easy vehicle access kit which allows firefighters to get into vehicles without damaging windows and glass. So lighting has also been carefully considered on this pumper as well and we've moved to a LED lighting system which provides a wide coverage for nighttime operations. As well as that we've incorporated the lighting into each of the locker doors. So as soon as you open any of the lockers a strip light at the top will light up as well as lighting down each of the sides and that provides excellent lighting for all of the equipment stated within each of the lockers. There's also been some great research done by our team in driving that has indicated that by using a consistent height between our emergency lights on the front of the vehicle that we can line them up with the mirrors within different vehicles. So from sedans to four-wheel drives by positioning these lights as they are it allows us to get the emergency lights visible within most cars on the road either wing mirror or rear vision mirror. And that provides advantage of being visible to vehicles as we go to emergency responses. Hi I'm Matthew Burke stationed here at Altham CFA. I've been a part of the new heavy pumper rollout. We've been training on it quite heavily in the past three weeks approximately since it's been online. My favorite things about the truck have probably been the new pump governor layout on it the ease of use of it. The stowage on the truck across the layout of the whole truck where everything's been placed has been thought about and specifically designed for it. And also our new gear with the hydraulic battery operated equipment as well has been excellent to use.