Fire Engines Photos

This photo was at mac's cheltenham. The mobile tender was stationed at mentone fire station 33, Brings back old memories

Added by Bill Rizos on 15 October 2011.

Pete, this is a smart looking rig for a tanker. I presume its role was to bring in water where no or little supply was available through the mains? Was it replaced by another tanker and do you have a photo of it, thanks.

Added by Pav on 24 May 2012.

it was replaced by water tanker 33 which then made its way to station 34 morrabbin it is still stationed their and they bought in the pumper tanker I will e mail you a photo

Added by Bill Rizos on 24 May 2012.

Also had one at 43 stn ( deer park ) which was also replaced by a water tanker . The old tender was in service for about two years after I joined , and I recall it was very noisy inside , it was used at a lot of grass and scrub fires around the western suburbs of melb . We still dont have a truck with this capacity of water , although pumps and hose reel technology has come a long way in the modern pumper tanker,

Added by Russell Jardine on 30 March 2014.

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