Apparatus Deliveries: March 2019

 

 

The Gibsons & District (British Columbia, Canada) Volunteer Fire Department uses this E-ONE quint as an engine with aerial capability.

The Gibsons & District (British Columbia, Canada) Volunteer Fire Department uses this E-ONE quint as an engine with aerial capability. Captain R. Bruce McClymont says the unit has a greater reach than the previous unit with better accessibility to newer complex structures and maintaining of pump capacity (if another engine goes out of service). It is also more compact, with a single axle for rural driveway accessibility.

Features/Equipment:

  • Typhoon chassis with a 220-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab;
  • CUMMINS ISL 450-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with a Foamlogix 2.1 Class A system, 1¾-inch front bumper line, and three crosslays (two 1¾-inch and one 2½-inch);
  • UPF 500-gallon water and 30-gallon foam tanks;
  • 78-foot aerial ladder with Advanced Aerial Control System, 750-pound tip load, 16-foot outrigger spread, and an ELKHART Cobra EXM ladder monitor;
  • valve under the monitor, which directs water to 1½- and 2½-inch discharges;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors and four wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
  • side stacker hose bed;
  • 89 feet of ground ladders;
  • PHYSIO CONTROL Life Pak 1000; and
  • FRC scene lighting.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

 

The Rapid City (SD) Fire Department designed this ROSENBAUER AMERICA pumper for general firefighting and additional responses to medical calls, motor vehicle accidents (as a structural engine), hazmats, and wildland support, says Division Chief Nick Carlson.

The Rapid City (SD) Fire Department designed this ROSENBAUER AMERICA pumper for general firefighting and additional responses to medical calls, motor vehicle accidents (as a structural engine), hazmats, and wildland support, says Division Chief Nick Carlson.

Features/Equipment:

  • RBM Commander chassis with a 176-inch wheelbase and 11-inch raised-roof cab with six seats;
  • CUMMINS ISX 15 500-hp diesel engine;
  • WATEROUS CSU C20 single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump with a 1½-inch front bumper line, two 1¾-inch crosslays, a rear 2½-inch discharge, and TFT Crossfire monitor;
  • G3 750-gallon water tank;
  • FX-style body with ROM roll-up compartment doors and wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
  • ROSENBAUER ladder rack;
  • MEDTRONIC AED; and
  • light and power with a HONDA five-kw gasoline driven generator and WHELEN brow and scene lights.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

 

The Badin Lake Fire Department, New London, North Carolina, uses this EVI medium size rescue truck for rescue calls and as an equipment carrier for fireground support, says Assistant Chief Ronnie Metcalf.

The Badin Lake Fire Department, New London, North Carolina, uses this EVI medium size rescue truck for rescue calls and as an equipment carrier for fireground support, says Assistant Chief Ronnie Metcalf. The unit replaced an older truck with a walk-in body, but the department specified a nonwalk-in body on the new truck to gain more storage space.

Features/Equipment:

  • FREIGHTLINER M2 106 chassis with a 204-inch wheelbase and two-seat cab;
  • CUMMINS ISL 9 350-hp diesel engine;
  • 18-foot nonwalk-in body with slide-out speedy dry hopper and ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • Four-bottle air cascade system with SIERRA booster and SPACE SAVER refill station;
  • WARN 4½-ton portable winch with three receivers;
  • PHOENIX rescue tools;
  • PRO VISION rear vision camera;
  • HANNAY electric cord and hydraulic
    reels; and
  • light and power with an ONAN 25-kw PTO generator, WILL BURT Night scan light tower, FRC tripod floodlights, and WHELEN scene lights.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

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