APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The city of Dearborn, Michigan, is approximately 25.5 square miles and has a population of nearly 90,000. The number of industrial and commercial properties increases the daytime population to more than 200,000.
Dearborn’s fire load includes a large car manufacturing complex located in the southeast corner of the city, known as the “Ford Rouge Complex,” a unique maze of massive structures inside which raw materials are transformed into complete, new cars. Surrounding the Rouge Complex are many support industries: a large railroad yard, warehouses, several steel treatment plants, and a residential area consisting of many single-family homes and multistory apartments.
The central portion of the city was developed by the Ford Motor Land Development Corporation, a unit of the Ford Motor Company. Multiple high-rise office towers, hotels, and shopping malls surround the “Glass House,” Ford’s World Headquarters.
According to Peter Locke, assistant emergency operations manager, the Dearborn Fire Department placed in service a Sutphen 94-foot aerial tower with four-door custom cab and six seats. It has a stainless steel body and is stationed at Ladder 4, replacing a 1979 aerial tower, which will be refurbished and replace Ladder 2’s aging 1972 aerial tower.
The newest tower has a Hale QSMG 1.500-gpm, two-stage pump and carries 300 gallons of water and 700 feet of five-inch hose. The pump has a right side five-inch discharge and a total of five 2 ½-inch discharges. The vehicle has a 252-inch wheelbase and has 11 tool/ equipment compartments in the body. The payload capacity of the platform is 750 lbs.
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The other apparatus placed in service is a Seagrave pumper equipped with a 50-foot Telesqurt built by Snorkel/Economy. This pumper, assigned to Engine 3, has a low-profile Model LB cab. which, according to Locke, is necessary for interior attacks so often called for at the giant Rouge Complex. The cab has four doors with seating tor seven. The 50-foot Telesqurt. which, when bedded, sits low onto the cab. enhances the unit’s capability from its south end station amidst the manufacturing complexes and narrow streets, where access by a ladder truck is at times impossible. It offers a quick response as a pumper with the capabilities of a small ladder truck.
The unit has a 193-inch wheelbase and is powered by a Detroit Model 6V 92TA diesel engine with an Allison HT-740D automatic transmission.
Engine 3 has a Waterous CMU two-stage, 1,500-gpm pump, which has two five-inch discharges (one on each side) and a total of four 2’/2-inch discharges; it carries 700 feet of five-inch hose.
The water tank capacity is 500 gallons, necessary for calls on the expressway, where hydrants are few and far between. A tank of 20 gallons of AFFF is featured with a Feecon foam system.
The apparatus body has six tool/equipment compartments. Two 500-watt Kwik-Razc floodlights are mounted midship to enhance nighttime operations. (Photo by Dan Jasina.)
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■ This custom command/communication truck was designed and built for the Chesterfield (VA) Fire Department by LDV (Lynch Display Vans). The 20-foot loadspace sits on a Chevrolet P-6 chassis that has a GVW of 25,000 lbs. It is powered by a Detroit 8.2-liter turbo diesel engine with an Allison AT-545 automatic transmission.
A multifunction communication and support system includes a four-line/five station landline phone system with dedicated computer modem line. Also, there are four cellular phones, eight radios, and cable and standard television systems. The truck also features a galley area, air-conditioning, a 30,000-Btu propane furnace, and a state-ofthe-art custom security system. The vehicle also services state and local police departments as well as government agencies. Its observation deck, awming. pass-through windows, and technical communication support make the vehicle suitable for a variety of incidents.
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■ Sherbrooke City is located in the French province of Quebec, Canada. The fire department operates two pumpers like the pumper shown, built by Phoenix Fire Trucks, Inc. with a Spartan Gladiator Command-style tilt cal> with seating for six. Director M. Jacques Denault reports that these pumpers were designed for vehicle rescue, medical assistance, and firefighting response.
The outstanding feature of the pumpers is roll-up doors, which, according to Denault, make the pumpers easier to negotiate on narrow streets because less space is needed. Also, Denault says, “You can’t forget to close a panel securely!”
The pump panel also is enclosed behind a roll-up door, and the compartment is equipped with heat. Vehicle bodies have 13 tool and equipment compartments. Ground ladders arc lowered by a hydraulic system.
The pumpers use a Waterous CSU single-stage, 1,750-gpm pump and carry 960 U.S. gallons in the plastic water tank. The pump has side intakes only, of six-inch and 2‘/2-inch diameter. There is a fiveinch discharge on the right side of the pump, and a three-inch pipe feeds an Akron Style 3422 deck gun with a 1,200-gpm Turbo-jet nozzle. There are 2½and 1 ¾-inch preconnected attack lines in the rear hose bed, and two additional l-Vi-inch preconnected attack lines are laid in a transverse bed behind the cab. Also carried arc 1,000 feet of five-inch hose.
The vehicle has a fivc-kw Honda gasoline-powered generator and two 500-watt extendable quartz Tele-lites. A Federal Crossfire light is mounted in the cab grill. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)
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■ The Armington Fire Protection District in Illinois covers 54 squaremiles of rural terrain as well as the village of Armington (pop. 375). The rural area consists of cropland, pasture, and timber.
Spokesman Roger Leesman explains that the department’s apparatus was designed to be multifunctional. A truck that could be effective for fighting grass fires as well as structure fires and that could respond to auto accidents and carry’ extrication equipment was needed.
Four-wheel-drive was added to handle soft fields, gravel roads, and snow/ice conditions. A six-ton, front-mounted winch is used to remove stuck vehicles and trees and building timbers after wind storms. A spray bar with three nozzles on the front bumper helps fight grass fires while in motion, allowing firefighters to remain in the cab, and minimizes the manpower required. The unit has pump-androll capability.
The mid-sized pumper, built by W.S. Darlcy and mounted on a Ford Model F-700 chassis, has a 171 -inch wheelbase. The Darley 500gpm, PTO pump supplies two 1 -Winch attack lines for structural firefighting and two booster lines augmenting the spray bar. Each side of the pump panel also has a 2‘/2-inch discharge.
The pumper carries 500 gallons of water, and among its other features are 10 gallons of AFFF with eductor, AFFF hand extinguisher, 500 feet of 2’/2-inch hose, a four-kw General gasoline-powered generator, a five bottle (2,200-psi) cascade system, and four 500-watt quartz floodlights (not shown).
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■ West Valley City, Utah, is the second largest city in the state, with a population of 90,000 and covering 34 square miles.
Firefighter John Evans says the Pierce Arrow’ quint is housed in the center of the city, along with a heavy squad, and responds to all fire alarms primarily as an engine company; but the 75-foot, three-section aerial ladder can reach the tops of almost all buildings in the city. The quint also is equipped as a basic life support medical unit and responds to calls when the heavy squad is busy.
The unit carries 163 feet of ground ladders and has a roll-up rear ladder compartment door. It has a 229-inch wheelbase, 12 tool and equipment compartments, and a four-door cab writh seating for five.
The quint has a AX aterous two-stage, 2,000-gpm pump with three 2‘/2-inch discharges on each side of the pump panel. A four-inch intake at the rear is located on each side of the roll-up door; one intake feeds an Akron ladderpipe with a 1,000-gpm nozzle. The apparatus carries 500 feet of five-inch hose and 300 gallons of water. (Photo by John Blundell.)
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