11 October 2010

Mystery fire trucks & pods

| MR15
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fire brigade pod

Hi all,

Thought i’d share with you some interesting stories going around about two newly commissioned ACT Fire Brigade pod carriers (link to pic below) Lots of questions being asked on why they are based at a very secure site. One senior fire brigade officer quoted in saying: “There are reasons for them being at a secure facility. But I am not at liberty to make further comment.”

Some vistors to the site said they went through security clearance and were blindfolded before being driven there.

Rumours saying that it definately has nothing to do with normal security issues or terrorism/counter-terrorism.

The pods are used for HAZMAT, Urban Search & Rescue purposes etc, but they are also being used for transporting something else…

Another senior MFB firefigher from Melbourne says that this is very unusual; as fire appliances and pods across the nation are based at the fire stations which are already secure.

Anyway I dont know… You can try to contact ESA and persuade them to give you answers but I dont think it will get you far 🙂

What are your thoughts on this?

UPDATE: The ESA has had this to say:

The ACT Fire Brigade has two POD trucks (platform on demand) and a number of PODS (similar to freight containers) that are being fitted out for urban search and rescue and other specialist functions.

Other fire services in Melbourne and Adelaide already use a similar system which allows for flexibility in service and enhances specialist capability.

They are not a secret and when commissioned will be located at a fire station as are all appliances and specialist equipment that we use. While being fitted out, the trucks are located in Mitchell.

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Yes obviously an idiot moron… IMO if that image was found to be directly embeded/linked from the source website ” Fire Engine Photos” (http://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number25390.asp) then I see no reason for it to be a copyright breach.

My first thoughts were ‘holy crap’………………what the $#@%? That thought lasted for about 4 nano-seconds. That was replaced with ‘moron’ immediately after.

So MR15, what else have you got…??? Is that it….???

It’s a reptoid portable command & control centre. Reptoids have infiltrated the local fire brigade.

Where’s the “link to pic below” ???

I think maybe that is the pic there above the story.

MR15 said :

“Thought i’d share with you some interesting stories going around about two newly commissioned
ACT Fire Brigade pod carriers (link to pic below)”

Where’s the “link to pic below” ???

I wanna know what web site the Original hoo ha was on?

firie said :

How do I know? Well for starters, I’m the ‘senior fire brigade officer quoted’ although I am not a senior fire brigade officer, and the quote is close to, but not what I said!

What did you actually say?

Can you link to the original story so all of us here can know the real truth of the fire engine?

I bin doin’ sum googlin’, and have found the following,

Fire engine photos

Alludes to the same hysterical tinfoil hat, but nothing further.

Ko.
They are not being suss or defensive.
They are making the point that this ‘story’ is a farce. MR15 has ripped it off another forum, and has changed it to make it more newsworthy.
He has also posted photos that are protected by copyright, and that the photographer has asked to be removed. This has not been done.
How do I know? Well for starters, I’m the ‘senior fire brigade officer quoted’ although I am not a senior fire brigade officer, and the quote is close to, but not what I said!

No visitors went through a ‘security clearance’. There is nothing secret about these vehicles. They are fire trucks. Big yellow ones. The term ‘secure location’ means secure = security = locked = gate = alarm. Just like most government buildings.

What a farce.

what pisses me off is that people, such as MR15, rip off other peoples work. Copyright is there for a reason. You have been asked to remove the photo. Please do.

I’m sorry firie, we’ve had no requests for removal.

The original poster is all mixed up. It’s the mysterious white unmarked semi trailer & container trucks he should be refering to. Not the fire brigade!!

These two newbies joining up just to post these replies intrigues me more than the trucks.

This one sounded a little a suss and defensive.

matt_au_70 said :

This post is a a pile of BS, taken out of context from another forum by someone trying to make a name for him/her self, stole the image and made the story up , it was a bunch of guys on a trip taking pictures nothing more nothing less your a tool!

This one sounds a touch threatening.

Mad Mexican said :

Good to see plagarisim is alive and well in the ACT.
To the author of this thread (MR15) we know who you are and where you got your “information” from.
We strongly suggest that you issue a public appology & deregister from the site/s that you got the pics and info from before it’s too late.

Before it’s to late for what Mad Mexican?

Gerry-Built said :

creative_canberran said :

Besides, what’s beyond terrorism…

Intentional pandemic to ‘thin the herd’?

A+

georgesgenitals said :

the aliens who crashed in Western Australia.

Brian Burke?

georgesgenitals9:58 pm 09 Oct 10

They’re used to house the equipment for the guys who brainwash the guys who make pizzas for the guys who look after the aliens who crashed in Western Australia.

Good to see plagarisim is alive and well in the ACT.
To the author of this thread (MR15) we know who you are and where you got your “information” from.
We strongly suggest that you issue a public appology & deregister from the site/s that you got the pics and info from before it’s too late.

Transformers. Robots in disguise…

Why on earth would anyone choose a bright yellow customised semi-trailer to move secret stuff around? – these are probably the most conspicuous vehicles in the ACT.

homeone said :

Definately using these to transport AUSAIDs secret pot plants.

ROFL!!

Captain RAAF5:55 pm 09 Oct 10

FEMA death camps have come to Oz! I Told you that society had no way of coping with a disaster, the 15 minutes trapped in an elevator was just the beginning, now the real disaster is upon us!

Definately using these to transport AUSAIDs secret pot plants.

what’s with all the secrecy? if our tax dollars are paying for this crap then tell us what you’re spending it on

creative_canberran said :

Besides, what’s beyond terrorism…

Intentional pandemic to ‘thin the herd’?

Also used for mass donut deliveries to fire stations?

This post is a a pile of BS, taken out of context from another forum by someone trying to make a name for him/her self, stole the image and made the story up , it was a bunch of guys on a trip taking pictures nothing more nothing less your a tool!

creative_canberran2:20 pm 09 Oct 10

I think the original poster is a bit dim and just trying to pretend he leads an exciting life. Claiming all fire stations are secure sites is what gave him away, they’re not. You can stroll into one quite easily, they rarely close the vehicle bay doors.
Besides, what’s beyond terrorism… UFOs?

Where are these interesting stories going around?

“One senior fire brigade officer quoted….”
Where are these quotes?

“Some visitors to the site said….”
Who did they say it to? Dis they talk to the OP, or is MR15 just reposting something a friend of a friend told him?

looks like thunderbirds are go!

Are they based in the secret bunker under the lake?

A Noisy Noise Annoys An Oyster12:29 pm 09 Oct 10

Asbestos?

My thoughts are this line is total bullshit

“and were blindfolded before being driven there”.

There’s nothing secret about them if you have a picture FFS. They are being used to transport fire fighting equipment. That is all

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