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Appliances Bulk Tanker Heavy Tanker Isuzu New South Wales NSW Rural Fire Service Tanker Varley

NSW RFS – Valley Heights 6 – 2013 Varley build Isuzu

Service: NSW Rural Fire Service
Appliance type: Tanker (Cat 6)
Fleet Number:
Cab Chassis: Isuzu FVZ 1400
Body Builder: Varley
Build Date: 2013
Registration: NA
Brigade: Valley Heights
District: Blue Mountains
Region: East

This current standardised version of the Category 6 tanker has been rolled out across the state since the prototype spent time in field over 2012/13. The Cat 6 tanker features a pump essentially the same as a Category 1 tanker, with the addition of a bumber mounted monitor controlled remotely from inside the cab. A water tank of 9000L capacity is roughly double that of a Cat 1 and close to the 11,000L bulk water tankers.
The features allow for great flexibility and efficiency with a small crew.

More photos of Valley Heights Brigade

NSW RFS Valley Heights Cat 6 Tanker

NSW RFS Valley Heights Cat 6 Tanker


Appliances Heavy Tanker Isuzu Kuipers Engineering New South Wales NSW Rural Fire Service Tanker

NSW RFS – Narellan 1 (2011 build) Isuzu

Service: NSW Rural Fire Service
Appliance type: Tanker (Cat 1)
Fleet Number:
Cab Chassis: Isuzu
Body Builder: Kuipers Engineering
Build Date: Nov-2011
Registration: NA

Brigade: Narellan
District: Macarthur Zone
Region: East

New build by Kuipers Engineering on an Isuzu Cab Chassis. Seen below assisting at an out of area Hazard Reduction Burn

More photos of Narellan’s appliances in this gallery

Hazard Reduction burning conducted by the NSW Rural Fire Service in the Matthews St area of Davidson