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Using the Fog Nozzle

HYDRAULICS ASSESSMENT

Blue Mountains / Bullaburra / Emergency Services / RFS / Training

HYDRAULICS ASSESSMENT 13 May 2023 We had a few people from the hydraulics course who needed to complete their assessment.One of the participants needed to draft from the Cat 1. We built a makeshift buoy wall using a tarp and ladder. It all worked out fine and the participants passed!

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Using the Fog Nozzle

HYDRAULICS PRACTICE

Blue Mountains / Emergency Services / Lawson / RFS / Training

HYDRAULICS PRACTICE 16 April 2023 Bernard had organised a practice session at Lawson RFB as the hydraulics assessment looms large! The weather was cooperating for a change: bright sun and little wind! It also helped that we were in the mid-mountains…. The soon-to-be assessed members practiced closed-relay pumping between two cat 1 trucks. Meanwhile the branch operators had fun doing some hose and branch work.

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