In October 2025 the RFBAQ initiated a QFD RTI search of OBM 118 – Rural Fire Service Queensland - Fleet Asset Warranty / Fault Report forms, and its predecessor form, including attached photos and attached written appraisals, from January 2025 to date, that pertain to Bell manufactured fire appliances in service with QFD.
Results from that RTI and the history of the build process are available through this link – https://www.rfbaq.org/announcements/rtiresults
In that search we discovered that the filling in of OBM 118 forms to track problems was very hit and miss.
We believe that since the RTI request of 2025 and us publishing the results, QFD/RFSQ has been more diligent in their generation of the OBM 118 form and record keeping.
On the 29th April 2026 we again wrote requesting a RTI search of OBM 118 – Rural Fire Service Queensland - Fleet Asset Warranty / Fault Report forms, including attached photos, videos, emails and attached written appraisals, from, and including, 1st November 2025 to, and including, 30th April 2026, that pertain to Bell manufactured fire appliances in service with QFD.
The results came in yesterday afternoon (18th June 2026, 924 pages) and will take some collating as there are significantly more documents that the last RTI search (265 pages).
While we will be the information through AI; one person will also sit down with an excel spreadsheet and read and enter each document. This will take time but also generate an accurate picture of fleet problems.