Apparatus Deliveries
John M. Malecky
The Town of Canton Volunteer Fire Department in Collinsville, Connecticut, replaced an engine and a truck with a MARION BODY quint. Chief Richard F. Hutchings explains the department always responded with an engine and a truck, and the quint allows them to enter driveways first, providing them with an aerial and an initial attack line. The Class A foam permits quick fire knockdown. The town of 8,500 occupies 27 square miles. U.S. Route 44 divides the town, with most of the residents living to the south; large homes and farms are to the north.
Features/Equipment:
SPARTAN Gladiator chassis with 230-inch wheelbase;
Lo Pro medium four-door cab with six seats;
DETROIT Series 60 470-hp diesel engine;
ALLISON HD 4060P automatic transmission;
HALE QSMG single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump;
three 200-foot preconnects in crosslays (two 1 3U4-inch, one 2 1U2-inch);
five-inch right-side discharge;
UPF 300-gallon water tank;
HYPRO Foam Pro 2002 foam system;
UPF 40-gallon foam tank;
five-inch rear intake feeding four-inch aerial waterway;
AERIAL INNOVATIONS 105-foot steel aerial ladder with 500- pound tip load;
16-foot outrigger spread;
ELKHART Scorpion 1,000-gpm ladderpipe;
aluminum body with 11 storage compartments;
ROBINSON rollup door at rear;
GENERAC 7.5-KW diesel generator;
four GFE Extenda Lite 1,000-watt floodlights mounted midship; and
two GFE Extenda Lite 500-watt floodlights on ladder.
