Lakes Entrance Fire Brigade last Thursday celebrated the official handover of its new rescue truck which will boost the members’ response to road crash rescue incidents.
Member for Eastern Victoria, Tom McIntosh, joined District 11 assistant chief fire officer, Daryll Hunter, Lakes Entrance Fire Brigade captain, Philip Loukes, and brigade members for the handover.
Mr Loukes said the Lakes Entrance Brigade has been busy kitting out.
“We had a few teething issues, but all were resolved and we finished setting it up on the Saturday and had our first call out on the Sunday,” he said.
The new $850,000 rescue truck was funded by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) as part of an ongoing funding arrangement. CFA assistant chief fire officer for specialist response, Rick Owen, sent an apology that he couldn’t be there for the handover, but said the new rescue truck has state-of-the-art features including emission free stowage, battery operated tools, increased capacity for heavy vehicle response with a rescue work platform and increased ability to carry a full steep angle cache.
IMAGE: CFA assistant chief fire officer, Daryll Hunter, Member for Eastern Victoria, Tom McIntosh, captain of Lakes Entrance Fire Brigade, Phil Loukes, and CFA executive manager fleet and protective equipment, Danny Jones, during the key handover to the local brigade’s new rescue vehicle last Thursday.
