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The 1968 International 6x6 Tanker from the Maroota South Bush Fire Brigade, Baulkham Hills, 1999 [Museum of Fire Collection] In the early 1950s, the Australian Army's fleet of offroad, medium (3 tonne) and heavy (5 tonne) trucks still comprised mainly of Canadian built 4x4 and U.S. built 6x6 chassis, carried over from the WWII era. Approaches were made to various local truck manufacturers with respect to developing a new range of specialised forward control vehicle

Australia is one of the most fire-prone countries on Earth. Bushfires are not an occasional crisis, they are a recurring part of life that has shaped landscapes, tested communities, and pushed emergency services to their limits. To acknowledge this history, the Museum of Fire recently launched an exhibition highlighting this history. The fires in this exhibition span more than half a century, each leaving their mark not only in loss, but in what was learned - driving change i