Update on our five new Aerial appliances

Work on our new five Aerial appliances is progressing well.

All five appliances’ cab and chassis have arrived at Bronto Finland (Tampere, Finland) where they are having the aerial apparatus fitted to the cab/chassis before being shipped off to the body builders for the locker bodies to be built.

While the units are in Finland, two representatives from Fire and Emergency will be sent over to inspect them to ensure that they meet specifications and our requirements.

We have received Bronto’s standard testing documentation and procedures which will help inform this inspection. Fleet will also review these and build them into the acceptance test scripts.

Once the units have been signed off, the Type 5 Large and Type 6 appliances will be sent to R. A. Bell and Co Pty Ltd (Bell Fire & Rescue) in Australia and the other three, Type 5 Mediums, will go to Frasers Engineering in Wellington.  

Other work on the go are development of the testing plan and the training plan which will ensure that we deliver training in a consistent manner for our firefighters to operate the new appliances. 

Below are two photos received from Bronto recently showing the progress on our appliances. As we continue, we hope to be able to share a lot more photos on the Project page.

The Type 6 chassis going through its inspection.

The Type 5Ms in the workshop undergoing initial hydraulic oil pressure tests.