Forest and Rural Fire Association of New Zealand Inc.     

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Promax Engineered Plastics
This company, based in the Bay of Islands, offers a range of plastic modular tanks, including fire fighting units, both trailer and slip-on. They also sell a ball baffle system can can be inserted into unbaffled tanks to greatly improve road stability. Contact Joe Allison at jallison@promaxplastics.co.nz, or freephone 0800 776699.

Low cost plastic fire appliances 

Dennis Fire (NZ)

John Walker advises that Dennis Fire (NZ) are the suppliers of a range of imported fire appliances suitable for use in rural communities. 

New to Dennis agencies is the range of Snuffer CAFS systems. The most single most outstanding benefit of CAFS is an increase in the effectiveness of water by a factor of 5. Manufactured by the Tuff Built Company in Winnipeg Canada, the Snuffer range includes portable units along with vehicle mounted types of varying capacities. Snuffer is widely acknowledged as the market leader in CAFS equipment and has developed state of the art units which are total simplicity to start up and operate.

Snuffer build a range of portable units with the smallest the FL90-20 at around 114kgs being an ideal match for a 400litre poly tank mounted on a typical double cab ute. This model supplies CAF through a 25mm lay flat delivery  or a 25mm hose reel. The Honda powered FL90-20 is factory set to supply a choice of either Wet or Dry foams simply by turning a lever. A water only outlet supplying up to 440lpm can be provide as can an air priming system. The FL90-20 designation stands for FL denoting Frameless, 90 meaning 90 USGPM and 20 showing the cubic feet per min of air. 

Next up the range is the FL 90-40. Also Honda powered this unit can be specified with either one 38mm outlet or two 25mm outlets with multiple other options available. Water discharge is available Weighs in at about 165 KG. Top of the range is the NXG series which can be supplied in a range of options including fully computerised with the simultaneous supply of different foam types.

 All units can be configured to supply fire retardant GEL. For additional information contact by Email john@dennisfirenz.com  or phone 021 243 4965.

Protector Safety

Protector Safety has put a lot of effort and R&D into our new range of rural fire clothing with a lot of help from rural fire fighters in Canterbury. A "Rural Fire Section" has been set up on our website. On there,  you will be able to see specific items relevant to rural fire fighting & specialised PPE we now carry in stock. This is a view only section so if you are wanting to purchase anything off the site please contact me directly.
You may notice areas that are not loaded with products yet but please keep
checking as we are continuing to build this section & updating it regularly.

Here is how you log on to this section:
- Go to www.protectorsafety.co.nz and click on the "LOG IN" button at the top
- Enter the user ID PS91005732 and the password RURALFIRE08 and then click log in
- Use the related links on the left hand side to get you to the items you wish to browse
You will now be able to browse the rural fire section of our website, this has pictures, pricing and specialised products specifically for rural fire fighting.
         ***PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIEW ONLY SECTION***

Any questions, enquires or feed back you have I look forward to hearing
from you, or contact your local Protector Safety store.

Hamish Sheppard
Protector Safety
238 Annex Road
Christchurch
Ph: 03-348-8658
MOB: 027-213-4875
e-mail: hamish.sheppard@protectorsafety.co.nz