Hutt Valley Fire Support are currently equipped with two response vehicles. Generally, both are responded to ensure that any combination of required equipment can be brought to an incident as quickly as possible.

Equipment includes:

• Road Cones and Traffic Control Signage
  
• Lighting Equipment
  
• Protective Tape and 'Cone Rod' barriers
  
• Generators and Electrical Leads, RCDs and power breakout-boxes
  
• Light Refreshment Capabilities
  
• Radio Communications
  
• Torches and Traffic Control Wands
  
• Aquavacs and salvage gear
  

Rimutaka 4928

Our primary response vehicle is Rimutaka 4928 – an Ultralight pump. A member of the duty crew will respond to Rimutaka and uplift this vehicle if we are paged to respond to an incident. RIMU4928 can respond with a driver plus 5 members as crew if required, and acts as a Fire Support command point when on the scene. Its load out includes personal radio equipment for issue to Fire Support personnel at the scene of an incident, as well as other resources - including lighting equipment, salvage and road cones.

Rimutaka 4926

Rimutaka 4926 – a Nissan Urvan. Specialises in canteen supplies and will respond to all calls as required. RIMU4926 can respond with a driver plus 4 members as crew if required.

Private Vehicles

HVFS members other than the duty driver(s) are authorised to respond directly to incidents in their private vehicles.
It should be noted that Fire Support generally receive no compensation for the use of their private vehicles on Fire Service business