❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the age and replacement schedule of DFES vehicles, particularly light tankers, larger tankers, bulk water carriers, incident control vehicles, and rescue utilities. DFES responds with the number of vehicles exceeding certain age thresholds and refers to a tabled paper for further details.
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I refer to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services operational fleet including those deployed to the Bush Fire Brigade and State Emergency Service, and I ask: (a) how many light tanker vehicles are beyond 10 years of service; (b) how many tankers (1.4, 2.4, 3.4, 4.4) are beyond 16 years of service; (c) how many 12.2 bulk water carriers are beyond 20 years of service; (d) how many incident control vehicles are beyond 20 years of service; (e) how many general rescue utilities (urban and remote) are beyond 10 years of service; (f) of those identified in (a)-(d), please detail the following: (i) service the appliance is deployed to; (ii) age of each appliance; and (iii) region in which the service is currently deployed; and (g) of those identified in (a)-(e), which appliances are scheduled to be replaced in 2024-25?
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26 November 2024
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
11 days
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) advises that no vehicle within the DFES fleet exceeds its ‘usable service life’ which is the period during which a DFES asset is able to deliver its intended function, during which time it is maintainable, repairable and serviceable.
(a) 101.
(b) 47.
(c)-(e) 0.
(f)-(g) [See Tabled Paper XXXX].
(a) 101.
(b) 47.
(c)-(e) 0.
(f)-(g) [See Tabled Paper XXXX].
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