Go You Good Red Things ... (NT) Traditional Cache
Go You Good Red Things ... (NT)
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Up in Darwin for a fire conference and after having coffee with a
local cacher it was decided a cache was needed at the fire station
and hidden by a firefighter.
Darwin Fire Station is four kilometres from the Central Business
District in the suburb of Stuart Park and is the Headquarters of
the Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service (NTFRS).
The three-storey building houses the Fire Service Administration,
Development and Strategy, Special and Technical Operations,
Procurement and Breathing Apparatus/HAZMAT sections and is equipped
with a hot fire training facility and a burn house, a gymnasium and
sauna.
The Darwin Emergency Response Area (ERA) extends over 93 square
kilometres and takes in the wharf precinct and harbour, the fuel
depots, nursing homes and multi-level commercial and residential
buildings.
Fire crews respond mainly to structure and grass fires and
emergencies such as motor vehicle crashes, rescues and hazardous
materials incidents, such as chemical and fuel spills.
A series of public awareness and fire education programs are
presented by Darwin Station personnel throughout the community and
the enforcement of fire safety requirements in buildings and a
hazard abatement program to identify areas of concern and potential
risks to public safety.
The station is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by a
minimum of 8 firefighters. There are four Watch Commanders who are
responsible for the manning of all three stations in the Darwin,
Casuarina and Palmerston Districts.
The station provides a secure storage area for the fleet of five
operational vehicles which includes a command vehicle, a Tele Squrt
(a main turnout appliance), a skylift and observation platform for
high-rise fire fighting, a rescue tender for motor vehicle
accidents, fire structure salvage and hazardous material
incidents.
The four-wheel drive unit is equipped to fight grass and bush
fires. Darwin station also houses a flat bed truck with a hydraulic
tilt tray to transport equipment to and from the fire ground and
between the stations
The fire vessel ‘Mataranka’ is equipped with fire
fighting pumps, water canon and hoses and is berthed at Darwin Port
where it also doubles as a tug boat.
This cache will be maintained by local cacher - gibbo003
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