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North-West Victorian CFA volunteers have added a new string to their bow with the handover of a new 2011 Hino light pumper.
In handing over the keys to the new pumper Member for Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, said the new $250,000 vehicle would increase protection for Victorian lives and property.
“The light pumper’s modern equipment will be a great benefit to the community with a 1,200 litre capacity fire fighting tanker and a stainless steel tank for 100 litres of Class B foam to combat a range of flammable materials,” Mr Walsh said.
“The appliance is also fitted with an incredibly powerful Rosenbauer N25 fire pump and hose reel so the brigade can immediately attack a fire once on scene.”
Mr Walsh said the new state-of-the-art light pumper replaced a 28-year-old 1983 Ford pumper with more effective modern fire fighting equipment and would serve alongside the brigade’s 12,000L Briggs & Stratton Collar Tank to enhance firefighting capabilities in the local community.
“The Nyah West brigade have been doing an outstanding job in the community for the past 84 years and have played a vital role in major emergencies such as the 2009 Black Saturday fires,” Mr Walsh said.
Mr Walsh said the brigade’s 16 members responded to 18 incidents during the last year, assisting CFA’s central role in combating fires in one of the most fire prone areas in the world.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan said Victoria’s emergency services had a strong backbone made up of local volunteer agencies such as Nyah West CFA.
“The State Government is a proud supporter of Victoria’s 90,000 emergency services volunteers and we are committed to providing modern facilities and equipment for volunteers to continue protecting property and saving lives throughout Victoria,” Mr Ryan said.
Mr Ryan said the State Government was investing $65.8 million towards 60 new or upgraded CFA stations and rolling out 101 new firefighting vehicles this financial year as part of an overall commitment to build and upgrade 250 CFA stations across Victoria by November 2014.