Case Study - Queensland Fire & Rescue Services

By Barry Coe, Waterous Sales Manager, Australia & New Zealand

Compressed Air Foam Systems Worldwide Compressed air foam systems are consistently gaining momentum and acceptance throughout the fire service industry.
As more and more departments across the country - and brigades from around the world turn to CAFS, it has changed the way fires are attacked, how quickly fires can be extinguished and vastly limits the damage that fires can inflict. The two articles below illustrate worldwide acceptance of compressed air foam.

Faced with rainfall shortages and increasingly scarce water supply prompted the Queensland Fire and Rescue Services (QFRS) in Australia to consider implementing Waterous CAFSystems into their regular operations. When the time came to purchase two new pumper tankers, the impressive knockdown capabilities and resourceful water use of CAFS sold the QFRS on the revolutionary technology of compressed air foam systems.

The QFRS recently purchased two new Type 4 pumper tankers, which are equipped with Waterous CAFSystems. Manufactured by U.K. OEM Scania, one of the two trucks will provide service in the urban/rural interface region of Brisbane City at Capalaba, while the other will service Windsor, a suburban area located west of Brisbane City.

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