Wildfire Unit
There are three Wildfire units in the West Service Delivery Area located at Kilwinning, Lanark and Oban which will assist crews in dealing with large grass, heathland or forest fires. Crews have been trained at a Secondary Station and if the Primary Station is committed at an Incident then the Secondary Station will crew the unit. Each unit consists of a Land Rover Defender and a trailer which carries the following equipment :-
1 High Pressure Fogging Unit
2 Lightweight pumps (Banana Pumps)
2 lengths suction hose
2 Petrol cans
2 Diffuser branches
2 Hose reel branches
2 Hose reel adaptors
1 Controlled dividing breeching
10 lengths domestic hose
2 collapsible knapsacks with pump action spray
1 500 litre collapsible water dam
5
Extendable lightweight beaters
The Fire Fogging Unit produces high pressure water in the form of a fine mist
through a lightweight 60m hose to a specially designed fogging lance. The
Fogging Unit gets its water from a 200 litre tank which can be removed from the
trailer and taken to the incident if required.
The units are not on any PDAs and have to be requested by the Incident
Commander.
Oban SA12LRJ
Secondary Station Inveraray
Kilwinning SJ12YXL
Secondary Station Ardrossan
Lanark SA12LSV
Secondary Station Biggar
Forestry Trailer at Kilwinning. 102_1417 13/8/2013
SJ12YXL Land Rover Defender, Bay 3 Kilwinning. 102_1420 13/8/2013