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Just to add, why do Australian fire truck always have the steel bar at the front?Do the bar is used to crash through the brush in case of bushfire?

Added by Bomba Boy on 03 November 2006.

The "Roo or Bull Bar" is used for that reason yes. A lot of our response areas are primarily heavy Bush Scrub or Grasslands in which we use 4x4 off road driving to either get to the fires or try and contain them so the bar stops the truck from being damaged. Also the nickname "Roo Bar" is to stop the truck from being damaged by kangaroos (and other wildlife)when we are travelling at high speeds! They are renowned for jumping in front of vehicles. The bar also has a spray bar setup underneath it so we can extinguish running grass fires by driving along the edge of the fire with out exiting the truck.

Added by Ben Turley on 03 November 2006.

Nice innovation.Initially i tought the bar is just an ordinary protection bar, there are a spray bar beneath it.

Added by Bomba boy on 04 November 2006.

Also its been used on rare occasions to move cars parked out the front of our stations :P some local councils have a law saying something like if a cars their and theirs an emergency situation, you can push it out of the way
so the drivers stuck with a stuffed car and a hefty fine

Added by Megadethrocks on 28 April 2007.

Ha ha nice idea firefighters usually do weird things when they are desperate. E:g:crashing cars which block the appliance.

Added by Bomba995 on 28 April 2007.

If you look at some of the Unimog brush pump-tankers on this site, which are very popular in many different central and southern European countries, you will see that many have quite elaborate crash cages and "self protection" pipework incorporated into them.

Some of these are quite sophisticated, designed not only to facilitate "pump and roll" operations as a self-contained mobile firefighting platform, but also to protect the vehicle itself, the tires and the crew in the event hey are overtaken by a fast moving wind-driven brush fire.

Added by Rob Johnson on 23 October 2017.

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