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04-22-2009, 09:38 PM
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   |  BMW R1200RT is a Firefighting Motorcycle - very cool! Check out this BMW R1200RT which has 2 25-liter tanks with a mixture of foam and water, connected to a compressed air tank with a 30 meter hose. These are being used right now in the United Kingdom. Check out the video of it in action. |
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04-22-2009, 11:57 PM
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| Zone Head  Joined: Jan 2007 From: Washington County I Ride: when the weather is nice | Our fire district is doing a preliminary evaluation of the same kind of thing but primarily for medical response in situations where standard apparatus cannot get through (think: earthquake). San Francisco was even hinting at citizen emergency responders on bikes (motorcycles that is) ten years ago. Too bad I retired. Of course, with all the bunny-huggers and Al Gore's paranoia, even motorcycles have too much of a carbon footprint. Maybe the Chinese have the right idea:  Last edited by 307T; 04-23-2009 at 12:00 AM.. |
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04-23-2009, 08:14 AM
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| Superbiker  Joined: Jun 2007 From: Seattle I Ride: 2007 Yamaha FZ6 | They've been around a while.... (yeah, I know it's a 3 wheeler but based on similar ideas)  Anybody know what make/model it's based off of? article doesn't say. Linky to article |
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04-23-2009, 08:44 AM
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| Intellectually Sphinctered  Joined: Oct 2005 From: Camano Island I Ride: cuz levitating takes way to much concentration | I tried to get them to allow me to make my 88 gxr1100 Katana into a rapid responce vehicle and they said no because i could be in MT Vernon and still beat the aid car to the calls |
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04-23-2009, 11:34 AM
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| Endorsed  Joined: Jan 2009 From: Nampa I Ride: fz6 | |
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04-24-2009, 12:24 AM
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04-24-2009, 04:51 AM
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| Track School Dazed   Joined: Oct 2005 From: CENTRAL I Ride: When I can |
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04-24-2009, 06:03 AM
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| WMRRA Qualifier  Joined: Jun 2008 From: Sprague River, OR I Ride: K5 GSXR-750, '90 Katana 600, '86 FZX700 Fazer | The Forest Service should adopt an enduro model for their prevention rigs. Would be perfect for putting out small illegal camp fires, or single tree lightning strikes out in the middle of nowhere with no road access. Would be even better for them if they used a small pump instead of an air tank to pressurize the hose though, which would also give them the ability to self fill out of a stream or any other water source they happened to find. The only advantage to using an air tank for pressure is it would make it compressed air foam which uses a lot less water, which works great for oil or car fires, but no so good on burning woody materials due to lack of penetration. |
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04-24-2009, 09:33 AM
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| Superbiker  Joined: Aug 2007 From: Bellingham I Ride: 2005 CBR1000RR Ti | now all you need to do is find some firefighters that know how to ride and you have a winner ... although in my experience, those are few and far between |
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04-24-2009, 09:49 AM
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| Endorsed  Joined: May 2008 From: Silverton, OR I Ride: Triumph Speed Triple 1050 |
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04-24-2009, 10:57 AM
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| Training Wheels  Joined: Apr 2007 From: Palouse I Ride: GSX 1100 G, KTM 950 Adventure | I know a lot of firefighters who ride too. We would have killed for these, you could get them to places that the trucks can't go. |
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04-24-2009, 11:05 AM
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| MotoGP Contender  Joined: Nov 2007 From: Silverdale, Wa I Ride: Buell XB9SX City-X | The Buell emergency unit is available right now for your off pavement, forest road, county access road needs. Lights, horns, communications, bags.... all you gotta do is put the pump and foam in the bags.....  Of course its available in Red too  |
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04-24-2009, 11:19 AM
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| MotoGP Champion  Joined: Oct 2007 From: Pullman/Spokane, Wa I Ride: 2007 BMW F800S, 1999 ATK 605 ESDS/SM |
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04-24-2009, 11:31 AM
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| Training Wheels  Joined: Apr 2009 From: Salem, OR I Ride: BMW R 1200 RT | Wow, looks like they already got them: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=230315 |
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04-24-2009, 11:49 AM
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| Pit Crew Joined: Apr 2006 From: Spokane, WA I Ride: Suzuki DL1000 | I've read that in England EMTs ride bikes so they can get to accidents by lane splitting. The response time has gone down significantly since they started riding bikes. Dave T. |
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04-24-2009, 07:43 PM
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| Defiler of Threads  Joined: Apr 2007 From: Arlington, WA I Ride: A fast bike, VERY slowly. |
 .But I suck at riding. Bad. | |
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04-24-2009, 10:19 PM
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| MotoGP Champion  Joined: May 2007 From: Milton I Ride: Soozookee |
Slow, nancy rider. Not a hooligan bone in his body (unless it happens to be mine at the time). | |
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04-25-2009, 05:27 PM
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| Defiler of Threads Joined: Apr 2007 From: Arlington, WA I Ride: A fast bike, VERY slowly. |
 Well, almost everything. I still haven't picked up your knack for fellating someone from the pillion seat. Thanks for that, by the way. I'm still amazed you didn't fall off.  | |
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