Apparatus Deliveries

BY JOHN M. MALECKY

The Thai Oil Company, Ltd. (Thaioil)’s NATIONAL FOAM, INC. aerial platform protects its refinery complex in Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand. It can throw heavy streams of water and foam from an elevated position, and the platform allows personnel to direct multiple streams from a secure observation position for added safety. Abhnant Supatrabutra, HSEQL manager, explains that the approximately 700-acre facility, a highly sophisticated oil-refining complex, has a capacity of 220,000 barrels of crude oil and feed stock intake per day and a staff of approximately 750, making it the largest of the six oil-refining companies in Thailand (28 percent of total inland capacity).

Features/Equipment:

• VOLVO, FM-12 8 2 4 chassis with 258-inch wheelbase;
• sleeper cab with seating for two;
• VOLVO D 12 A 420-hp diesel engine;
• VOLVO VT 2014 standard transmission;
• dual steering axles;
• HALE Qmax single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump;
• rear five-inch intake;
• eight 21/2-inch side discharges;
• two crosslays for 400 feet of 13/4-inch hose;
• rear five-inch discharge;

• NATIONAL FOAM Servo Command Foam System;
• EDWARDS Model 155-348 foam pump;
• CUSTOM FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS 1,000-gallon foam concentrate tank;
• 100 feet of five-inch hose;
• LTI 102-foot aerial platform with 1,000-pound payload capacity;
• five-inch platform waterway;
• two AKRON Stream Master monitors with NATIONAL FOAM Gladiator nozzles;
• 18-foot outrigger spread;
• NATIONAL FOAM stainless-steel body with five storage compartments; and
• ROBINSON rollup doors.

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The Edisto Beach (SC) Fire Department uses its EMERGENCY ONE quint to respond to EMS calls and structure fires. Chief Robert E. Maxwell says that the vehicle has a short wheelbase for a better turning radius and is set up for one-person operation. The 3.5-square-mile response area is 85-percent urban and 15-percent suburban and has a population of 8,000.

Features/Equipment:

• SPARTAN Advantage chassis with 206-inch wheelbase;
• cab seating for six;
• CUMMINS ISC 350-hp diesel engine;
• ALLISON MD 3066 automatic transmission;
• HALE QSG single-stage, 1,250-gpm pump;
• two 200-foot, 11/2-inch crosslays;
• 100 foot, 11/2-inch front bumper jumpline;
• 200 feet of 21/2-inch preconnect at rear;
• right-side five-inch discharge;

• EMERGENCY ONE 500-gallon water tank;
• EMERGENCY ONE 75-foot aerial ladder with 500-pound tip load;
• 13-foot outrigger spread;
• four-inch waterway fed by rear 41/2-inch intake;
• ELKHART Scorpion 1,000-gpm ladderpipe on waterway;
• 1,200 feet of five-inch hose;
• aluminum body with 16 storage compartments;
• HONDA five-kw gasoline generator; and
• two HAVIS SHIELDS Alpha 2000 500-watt floodlights behind cab.

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This AMERICAN LAFRANCE tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck is one of 10 placed in service with the Los Angeles City (CA) Fire Department. Captain Gregory B. Stone of the Supply and Mainenance Division says these tillered trucks are preferred because of maneuverability, storage space, and payload capacity. The city occupies 476 square miles and has a population of 3.6 million.

Features/Equipment:

• Eagle 128 chassis with 141-inch wheelbase;
• aluminum cab with seating for six;
• DETROIT Series 60 470-hp diesel engine;
• ALLISON HD 4560P automatic transmission;
• aluminum trailer with 13 exterior compartments;
• ROBINSON rollup doors;
• 11-foot, two-inch travel height;

• 54-foot, 10-inch overall length;
• Model 100QS steel aerial ladder with 250-pound tip load;
• 16-foot outrigger spread;
• ONAN 7.5-kw diesel generator;
• five HAVIS SHIELDS Alpha 2000 750-watt floodlights (two on tractor, two on rear of trailer, and one on aerial tip);
• two HAVIS SHIELDS Collins FX-6 spot/floodlights (one on aerial tip, one adjacent to aerial operator’s pedestal); and
• 264 feet of ground ladders.

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The Good Friends Hose Company No. 5 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, designed its KME rescue truck to be user-friendly, according to Captain Jeff Lloyd. It carries abundant lighting and air, electric, and hydraulic reels. The company protects a 2.2-square-mile area with 10,000 residents. Much of the company’s work involves mutual aid since it carries more cribbing than most of the neighboring fire departments.

Features/Equipment:

• Renegade chassis with 188-inch wheelbase;
• long four-door cab with raised roof and eight seats;
• CUMMINS M11 500-hp diesel engine;
• ALLISON HD 4060P automatic transmission;
• HALE M6 single-stage, 500-gpm PTO pump at front left;
• one 21/2-inch intake at pump panel;
• two booster reels with 200 feet each of 13/4-inch hose;
• one 21/2-inch discharge;
• 3M 500-gallon water tank;
• two exterior compartments at right and left rear of cab;
• 16-foot stainless-steel, nonwalk-in body with nine storage compartments;
• ONAN 35-kw direct-drive generator;

• SUPERVAC nine-kw Command Light;
• two HAVIS SHIELDS Kwik-Raze 500-watt tripod lights at rear;
• four HAVIS SHIELDS Alpha 2000 750-watt scene lights on sides of body;
• six WHELEN fixed scene lights on body;
• two air tanks for use with air bags and tools;
• four HANNAY electric reels with 200 feet of cord (two each side);
• two HANNAY air and two HANNAY hydraulic reels with 200 feet of hose each (one of each on left and right sides);
• HURST spreaders and cutters;
• CODE 3 Combi-O Tool and rams;
• two truck-mounted HURST electric power units; and
• one portable HURST gasoline power unit.

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The Newbold (WI) Fire Department designed its W.S. DARLEY pumper as a first-out engine and to provide water supply, according to Assistant Chief Gary Burnam. The 80-square-mile jurisdiction is located in the north woods, a summer and winter vacation area for Illinois and southern Wisconsin residents. The 2,300 year-round population increases to 10,000 on weekends and holidays.

Features/Equipment:

• INTERNATIONAL 4900 chassis with 244-inch wheelbase;
• cab seating for two;
• heated pump instrument panel enclosure with three seats;
• INTERNATIONAL 530E 320-hp diesel engine;
• ALLISON MD 3060P automatic transmission;
• DARLEY LDM single-stage 1,500-gpm pump;
• top-mount pump instrument panel;
• six-inch rear intake;
• two 200-foot, 13/4-inch speedlays;
• two 200-foot rear 21/2-inch preconnects;
• right-side, three-inch discharge with four-inch adapter;

• prepiped ELKHART Stinger 1,000-gpm monitor on 18-inch KK/TFT Extenda-gun;
• HYPRO Foam Pro 2001 system (plumbed to speedlays, left/rear discharges, and monitor);
• UPF 1,000-gallon water tank;
• UPF 20-gallon foam tank;
• 800 feet of four-inch hose;
• DARLEY HE-18 500-gpm portable pump;
• aluminum body with six storage compartments;
• ROBINSON rollup door;
• A.M.P.S. eight-kw hydraulic generator;
• two WHELEN fixed scene lights midship on body; and
• two FIRE RESEARCH 500-watt midship telescoping floodlights.

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