Interesting ST1300 (Pump Model)

[Totgas]

[ST2UP]

I thought it only the coppers who were getting younger all the time...... I wonder if the pillion seat mod is for structural purpose ?? Or if it is storage....

[tj189]

Fire and Rescue Malaysia

Basic & Advance Rapid Intervention Motorcycle Course

[Chatty]

What a cracker set up.  With all the bikes in the club we could start our own fire service!

[Biggles]

Ah- OK.  By the look of the gear I thought they were Ghostbusters.

[Biggles]

What a cracker set up.  With all the bikes in the club we could start our own fire service!

But only the genuine RED ones allowed.  The rest will have to be garbage collectors, ambulances and fuel tankers.

[Chatty]

What a cracker set up.  With all the bikes in the club we could start our own fire service!

But only the genuine RED ones allowed.  The rest will have to be garbage collectors, ambulances and fuel tankers.

The best suggestion I can make to you right now is to NOT suggest what role you see the black STs performing!   

I actually thought that us black ST'ers could be the stealth response vehicles - you know, the ones that people don't deliberately drive slow in front of because we don't look like an emergency vehicle 

[Brock]

Black ones need helmet cam, to bust phone/ipod/ipad users

[Sabie]

I had the pleasure of training a Malaysian Fire Crew a few years ago in using the motorised hydraulics for Road Crash Rescue as they had only recently (at the time) acquired motorised equipment as opposed to hand or foot pump hydraulics.

They told me at the time that they use motorcycles to carry equipment piece by piece to the incident while the truck follows pushing through the traffic, so this would be an example of that.

I still have the gifts they gave me, a t-shirt with "Bomba" on the back, some rank markings from the Malaysian crew and a small token brass helmet from the Singapore crew.

[Chatty]

I had the pleasure of training a Malaysian Fire Crew a few years ago in using the motorised hydraulics for Road Crash Rescue as they had only recently (at the time) acquired motorised equipment as opposed to hand or foot pump hydraulics.

It looks like they are using single acting gear, so pretty consistent operation with their older manual pumps - but did I see a remote control for the hydraulics there?  It looked like it.

I do like the set up on the bikes though.

[Nigel]

If they used WHITE ones they would get there in half the time, hey..........................

Couldn't resist.

[Brock]

The traffic in Malaysia can be horrendous, so using bikes to get to the scene is a good practical idea. If you have driven in Malaysia you would know, I survived three years there.

[Sabie]

The hydraulic tool they're using in the video is a battery operated "Combi Tool" made by Holmatro. It's a double acting tool meaning it takes battery power to open and close the tool. Hand pumps and foot pump aren't single or double they are just pumps and can be used on single or doubling acting tools. Spreaders and cutters are double acting due to the need to open and close, some of the older rams are single using the vehicle weight to "go down" but you'll find just about all Australian rescue organisations are using double acting rams these days. The peddle/steering wheel cutter is single acting.

The "Core Technology" being used now days is amazing and fantastic to use compared to the old 2 hose stuff.

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I had the pleasure of training a Malaysian Fire Crew a few years ago in using the motorised hydraulics for Road Crash Rescue as they had only recently (at the time) acquired motorised equipment as opposed to hand or foot pump hydraulics.

It looks like they are using single acting gear, so pretty consistent operation with their older manual pumps - but did I see a remote control for the hydraulics there?  It looked like it.

I do like the set up on the bikes though.

[Totgas]

I'm speechless after watching that video, is there nothing you can't do in Jaffa camo gear. I'm sure one of those ST's had a jetpack on the back!!!     

[tremarg]

Try the traffic in Brisbane sometimes.  It was suggested going down this path in our Emergency Services, did not get going. The other day I saw an Ambulance  First Responder Subaru trying to get through "car park" traffic, bike/s would have been quicker. I feel that we have a lot to learn from overseas experiences, just the wrong people going overseas (officials that is) to research issues.

[Sabie]

There were 2 trial ambulance bikes both ST1100 out of a police order. 1 still remains and is located at the Ambulance museum in Charters Towers.

http://brisbanenorthscan.tripod.com/Offline_Files/photo_gallery/index.album/queensland-ambulance-bike?i=3

[Sabie]

Hey Totgas, I think they wear the orange pyjamas because the fire service in Malaysia is part of the military or at least the Civil Defence.

I'm speechless after watching that video, is there nothing you can't do in Jaffa camo gear. I'm sure one of those ST's had a jetpack on the back!!!     

[Totgas]

I was under the impression that QAS had three bikes stationed on the Gold Coast and were under trial for 6 months. The final decision was that the effort to have these bikes operation far exceeded their overall benefit.
They work well in Sydney due to the constant congested traffic, dense population and response times under 15 minutes. Here in QLD the population is too widely dispersed.
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[Sabie]

it could have been 3, but this was quite some years ago... the livery on the bike will give you an idea of the age.

[Totgas]

Approximately 2002 from memory. The bikes were then stored in a shed for another 2 years then 2 were sold off at public auction, or so I was told.

[Sabie]

So the 3rd must have been donated to the Charters Towers Ambo museum. It's there alright, seen it myself in the flesh so to speak. A White ST1100 with QAS livery and built to QPS spec's.  I'm told they start it not very often that it's more of a static display.

Last time I saw her, she was slowly disintegrating, rubber and plastic components were perishing etc.

[Biggles]

So the 3rd must have been donated to the Charters Towers Ambo museum. It's there alright, seen it myself in the flesh so to speak. A White ST1100 with QAS livery and built to QPS spec's.  I'm told they start it not very often that it's more of a static display.

Last time I saw her, she was slowly disintegrating, rubber and plastic components were perishing etc.

A pity no one cares enough to give her a rub with some Armorall.