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Hazmat Support Appliance
Specialist Hazadardous Materials Support appliance

206, based at Headquarters Station

It is always deployed to provide additional equipment and personnel already involved in an incident from the local resources, as any incident involving hazardous material is time consuming and complex.

The equipment carried on this appliance includes some sophisticated sensing instruments, which are taken into an suspect area using protective suits. This enables the operator to access the contamination, and to determine the safest way of dealing with the problem

The type number for this appliance is '6'.

Specifications

Each Hazmat appliance carries a basic set of equipment, which can include:

Rubber Hose (side line)
25mm layflat hose
64 mm filler length
38 mm hose
64 mm hose
Suction hose
Standpipe & key
Rake hoe
Knap sack
First Aid kit
GRN radio
GRN handheld radio
VHF and/or UHF hand held radio
Foam
Assorted Extinguishers
Firelighter
Safety vests
Traffic Cones

Additional equipment may be carried on the Hazmat appliance. This equipment may include:

Halligan tool
GPS Unit
Chainsaw

For details on other SAMFS appliances, goto the SAMFS Appliance page

Please Note: The above information is provided as an example of a typical appliance of this type. Actual equipment and configuration of appliances may vary to suit requirements of the station to which it belongs.