Taradale 552 - SY7441

Currently Taradales 2nd appliance is the Incident Support Unit JT970

Taradale 552 was a Mitsubishi 6/1 appliance commissioned on the 25th October 1994, with a Darley HM 500 pump. It can carry a crew of six (Officer, Driver, and four in rear cab).

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Photo by D Frew

It carries 4 BA sets (Officer, 2x in rear cab rack and 1x in back locker) and 4 extra BA cylinders.

This appliance arrived on station as a new appliance and had traveled almost 9,000 kms when transfered out. It was replaced in 2004 with the Incident Support Unit - Taradale 5512.