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STRU??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:41 am
by mstrkrft
Got this page last night..
0393576 01:18:25 17-08-11 MALE PATIENT TAZERED IN THE VALLEY POLICE BEAT - STRU RESPONDING
Does anyone know what STRU is or have them capped?
Never heard that acronym before
Re: STRU??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:53 pm
by Phantom
Having a guess....
S-Special/Station
T-XXXXXXX
R-Response
U-Unit
Re: STRU??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:33 pm
by alinco21
it is for heavey people to be transported in. It has been spoken about before in this forum
Re: STRU??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:28 pm
by Rudager
specialist transport retrieval unit. whatever that means
Re: STRU??
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:49 pm
by eggcarton
Re: STRU??
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:46 pm
by mstrkrft
Thank you for the replies
Re: STRU??
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:21 am
by tyrone89
yeah stru is for large people .
Re: STRU??
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 12:08 am
by Coover
STRUs are bariatric units (single stretcher) for retrieval and transport of obese people. You do a course on STRU equipment before being rostered onto one. We call them "Fat Trucks". Have some cool stuff like hover matresses, motorized stretcher (with weight scales).
We have one at my local station; has been used to pick up a bariatric patient being transported from Sydney to Brisbane. Met the ASNSW bariatric unit half way between, transferred patient then drove back to Brisbane. No support on roof; hate to be in one if it landed on it's roof.