Comments by "Tom Mullins" (@fugawiaus) on "Western Australia's Fire Trucks Are Legendary - TATRA u0026 TOYOTA" video.

@karstendoerr5378 hehe, and we just have explosive trees.
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@karstendoerr5378 yeah, we don’t have to deal with bullets, just 900c heat.
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@karstendoerr5378 the 2019 fires were all coastal. Rugged mountain thick bushland (forest). Inland has less bush mostly desert. (Our deserts are quite green though). We have the most national parks of any country in the world. All have eucalyptus a very flammable tree. That’s why the fires get so big. Surprisingly temperatures in our deserts drop to almost freezing overnight but can hit 50c+ during the day.
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If you look closely at the tatra you’ll see it has a metal tube around the cabin. I think it’s called a “halo” system. This is a fire suppressant sending a spray of water around the cabin protecting the fire fighters. It also has drop down fire proof blinds in the windows. The fire can pass over the truck with the fire fighters surviving. These trucks can literally drive through the fire. In 2019 in the fires here in NSW Australia I was chatting to the fire fighters and one of these had all the plastic surrounds around the side windows dripping down the doors. They were having a quick feed and going back out.
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Here is a video of the testing of the fire protection systems in Australian bush fire trucks and utes. https://youtu.be/4ONQSjkRWi8?si=oXQAhw_agB73mflA This is a video inside the cabin as a fire literally goes over the top of an Aussie truck https://youtu.be/Jvy2siEwOZ0?si=wWQ-0HoNs8MY8dqb
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