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Melbourne Australia Fire Scania Pumper-Tanker
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No: 2114   Contributor: Martien Dral   Year: 2006   Manufacturer: Scania   Country: Australia
Melbourne Australia Fire Scania Pumper-Tanker

In industrial areas and in suburbs rich of trees and shrubs, the
Metropolitan Fire Brigade of Melbourne, Australia, uses 'pumper-tankers'
as their standard fire fighting vehicles. This is a Scania P113M6x4 (310
HP) pumper-tanker, built in 1992 by Austral. Pump 3800 l/min, watertank
3500 liters, foamtank 300 liters. Photo made in October 1996 by Caroline
Wijntjes at Somerton fire station. Copyright: Martien Dral.
Picture added on 01 February 2007
add commentComments:
Nice image.

This appliance now serves at Altona and is due for retirement soon.

Added by Bobman on 02 October 2008.
Ha, this appliance originally served at Station 9 in Somerton, north of Melbourne.

Added by Doorbar on 16 March 2010.
Well, that is what the caption says. It served at Somerton between 1992 & 1997.

Said appliance is now a spare and due to be stripped soon & is possibly one of two to be donated to Samoa to join the other identical one the MFB gave them last year.

Added by Bobman on 19 March 2010.
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