Equipment
Equipment
Standard StowageBA CompressorBreathing ApparatusChainsawDefibrillatorFirefighting FoamFloating Collar DamFloating PumpGPSHazmat EquipmentHigh Rise equipment packMedical EquipmentMedical Oxygen equipmentPortable AWSPortable flood lightingPortable GeneratorPPV FanQuick Cut SawQuick Fill PumpRCR HeavyRCR Rapid InterventionRemotely Piloted AircraftRescue LitterRoad Crash RescueRope RescueSpecialist EquipmentThermal Imaging CameraWinchPPC / PPE
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Barrier and Flagging Tape
Marking and identifying things
Barrier Tape is wide plastic tape with printed diagonal stripes and appropriate wording used to set up a visual line to stop people getting too close to an incident scene.
| Red / White | Scene Management | Structure Fires, Crowd Control, Traffic Control and Wildfire Investigation |
The CFS, as well as other Emergency Service agencies, utilize hazard and flagging tape to identify hazards, items of interest and locations, as well as cordoning off an area to stop egress of the public for safety, or for investigation purposes.
| Fluorescent Green | Safety | Direction Markers, Entrances, Safety Zones and Escape Routes | |
| Fluorescent Yellow | Other | Water Points | |
| Fluorescent Pink | Hot Spots | Hot Spots | |
| Yellow / Black | Hazards | Hazards in Structural and Rural Fires, Bee Hives and Prohibited areas | |
| Fluorescent Orange | Bushfire Investigation | Marking Bushfire Investigation |
Photographs on this page taken by Ashley Hosking, CFS Promotions Unit