APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Mariven industrial facility in Cardon, Venezuela recently purchased a Chubb National Foam foam-water tower unit. Mariven needed a high, articulated boom with a nozzle and no platform. Bronto of Finland was the only manufacturer that would mount a boom without a platform, so the Mack R chassis was shipped to Finland for the unusual feature to be added.
The Bronto Skylift Model 27-3 is a three-section articulated elevating tower with a working height of 88 feet and a maximum outreach of 54 feet. The absence of the platform raises the working height of this unit to 92 feet. The hydraulic monitor nozzle mounted at the tower is controlled at the turntable.
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The Hatfield, Pennsylvania, Volunteer Fire Company serves an area that includes two industrial parks, major industry, a hazardous waste materials processing plant, Highway 309, and routes leading to the Northeast extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Its new pumper, built by Ranger on a Spartan Gladiator chassis, replaced its 1975 conventional pumper that required back-step riders. The cab on the new pumper seats 10. The wheelbase is 180 inches. The unit has a Hale Q6 1,500-gpm two-stage pump featuring a 4-inch discharge and feeds for four crosslays. A booster reel is rearmounted. The pumper carries 750 gallons of water. The vehicle carries 1,500 feet of 5-inch hose. Other features include an Akron foam system, an Onan 6.5-kw diesel generator in a rear compartment, and two 1,000-watt telescoping floodlights on top of the cab.
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Spokane County Fire District No. 9 protects unincorporated areas north of the city of Spokane, Washington. It serves a population of about 40,000.
“Our new quint provides us with a highly maneuverable apparatus capable of negotiating narrow roadways and access drives,” says Fire Chief Robert Anderson. Their quint is a 65-foot Mini-tower built by Sutphen. It is particularly suited to protect the significant number of threeand four-story apartment complexes found in the districts, he adds.
The unit has a 200-inch wheelbase and a four-door custom cab that seats seven. Behind the cab is a set of steps for access to the tower. Tie tower has a breathing air system and a 3-inch waterpipc to feed a 1,000-gpm nozzle. The twin platform loading capacity is 750 lbs.
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The Chicago, Illinois Fire Department, which protects busy O’Hare International Airport, recently placed in service a new unit built by Supervac on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. It will be used as the command center for any incident at O’Hare and also for any type of rescue operation involving aircrafts, motor vehicles, building collapses, or water rescues. It will respond to haz-mat and structural fire calls.
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The unit has seating for eight and nine tool compartments. Other features include a 300-lb. Halon 1211 system, an Onan 12-kw diesel generator, two telescopic folding towers of six 500-watt floodlights each, and a front-mounted 6-ton winch.
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