APPARATUS INNOVATIONS/DELIVERIES
The Village of Farmingdale, NY, Fire Department took delivery of an American LaFrance 1984 Century Custom 2,000 Low-Boy Pumper. The pumper is 88 inches high to allow the fire department to operate the apparatus inside garage parking lots which have restricted ceiling clearances.
The major features of this stainless steel cab and body apparatus include an American LaFrance 2,000-gpm Twinflow two-stage custom pump; two-tone Imron custom red and white paint; full chrome cab fenders; 8V92TA Detroit Diesel engine; an Allison HT740 transmission; brushed stainless steel pump operator’s control panel; a 500-gallon, 10-gauge stainless steel water tank; bumper deck mounted Q2B siren; dual Grover 1501 air horns recessed into the cab front gravel shield; dual KWIK-RASE 12-volt 350,000 CP flood lights, one mounted on each side at the pump enclosure; Whelen Model 800-1 red strobe lights mounted on each front cab corner; full radius cab canopy handrail; Mansover safety rails at vestibule entrances; six-inch suction manifolds recessed into the pump operator’s control panel; and rear full width open compartment with rollers for two electric rewind booster reels.
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Scat Manufacturing Inc., Toledo, OH, introduced its new Cobra minipumper, available in either standard form or with customer specifications. The Cobra is built on a 11,000 GVW 4X4 chassis with all aluminum construction. Bright aluminum treadplate can be installed on the bodies in either high or low style, depending on the amount of compartment storage space desired. A 250-gpm power take-off operated pump is standard, and fiberglass or aluminum water tanks of up to 305-gallon capacity are provided. The hose bed grating is constructed of varnished hardwood.
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The Missoula County Airport Authority, Missoula, MT, took delivery of a crash/rescue unit from W. S. Darley & Co.. Melrose Park, IL. Mounted on a GMC chassis with a 350 C.I.D. engine, the unit features a dry chemical firefighting unit with turret nozzle and handlines. The steel modular body provides storage compartments for nozzles and rescue tools.
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A new 1,500-gallon high mobility aircraft crash/fire/rescue truck has been introduced by Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Oshkosh, Wl, and Konrad Rosenbauer Kg., Linz, Austria. The eight-wheel drive Oshkosh model DA-1500 chassis with a Rosenbauer fire system has an articulation joint which hinges the front and rear sections of the vehicle to provide off-runway mobility and a “duck-walk” action in soft terrain with the front tandem axle continuously seeking firmer ground to maintain the vehicle’s forward momentum.
Hydraulic cylinders attached to each side of the articulation joint yaw steer the vehicle 32° both right and left, giving a 30% tighter turning radius.
The Oshkosh DA-1500 is powered by a Detroit Diesel 540-hp engine coupled to an Allison four-speed automatic transmission, providing an acceleration of 0-50 mph in 40 seconds.
The vehicle’s firefighting system includes a special epoxy coated steel alloy water tank and a stainless steel foam concentrate tank. The proportioning system is an around-thepump type with a twin impeller single-stage centrifugal pump powered by a Detroit Diesel 300-hp engine. The non-aspirating roof turret is a remote power assist type with discharge rates of either 375 or 750 gpm. The norvaspirating, automatic oscillating bumper turret is a remote power assist type with a discharge rate of 250 gpm.
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