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Below is a list of FRNSW appliance callsign prefixes that I have put together. If there are others I will add them to the list.

(Updated 11/2022)

AC - Area Commander
AP - Aerial Pumper
AVI - Aviation
BC - Bulk Carrier
BT - Bulk Tanker
CAP - CAFS Aerial Pump
CFR - Community First Response
CP - CAFS Pumper
CT - CAFS Tanker
DC - Duty Commander
FIRU - Fire Investigation and Research Unit
FLTO - Feet Officer
Flyer - Pumper (001 CoS only)
H - HazMat
HART - HazMat Advisory Response Team
HC - HazMat CAFS
HD - Hazmat Decontamination
HH - Heavy HazMat (no longer official, however still in use)
HP - HazMat Pumper
HT - HazMat Tanker
HS - HazMat Support
HR - Heavy Rescue (no longer official, however still in use)
ICV - Incident Command Vehicle (no longer used, now MCC)
K9 - FIRU Accelerant Detector Dogs
L - Ladder
LP - Ladder Platform
LSV - Logistics Support Vehicle
LT - Light Tanker
MCC - Mobile Command Centre
P - Pumper
R - Rescue
RHP - Rehab Pod
RP - Rescue Pumper
Runner - Pumper (001 CoS only)
RV - Rehab Van
SEI - Senior Instructor
SEV - Service Exchange Vehicle (marking only, not a callsign)
STP - Strike Team Pumper
STT - Strike Team Tanker
T - Tanker
Tender - Crew bus
TP - Training Pumper
TT - Training Tanker
TR - Technical Rescue
USAR - Urban Search and Rescue
ZC - Zone Commander
***A - Primary Pumper
***B - Secondary Pumper
***S - SEV Secondary Pumper

SEV and STP too

matthewn1983 wrote:SEV and STP too

Don’t know how I skipped SEV! It’s now been added.

STP - I don’t have it previously listed, but is that Strike Team Pump?

My understanding STP - Standby Pump

Copy. I found ‘STP’ in the link below as 'Strike Team Pump', but it was published in 2008 so may now be outdated.

http://www.nswfbr.org.au/in-orders/in-o ... -06-08.doc

Funny STP is mentioned, I heard what sounded like STP/T Bombala 230 coming down to Bega 219 a week or so ago, From memory it was a grass fire and they had to standby at Bega. I think they got called off before arriving at Bega
I thought I had misheard the callsign and had forgotten about it.

I have heard "CP" used several times. Composite pumper?

CP is for CAFS PUMPER - Compressed Air Foam System.

Commshack wrote:CP is for CAFS PUMPER - Compressed Air Foam System.

Thanks. I’ll add it above.

I’ve got ‘CT’ recorded as well, which I assume is therefore a CAFS Tanker.

Have hear TORA a number of times but not sure what it stands for