APPARATUS DELIVERS
■ In South Carolina, the Ahoskie Rural Volunteer Fire Department operates this custom pumper built by Emergency One.
Assistant Chief Alan Myers explains that this pumper serves an area that includes several chemical and pesticide facilities, a lumber mill, and a liquid propane gas distribution site.
The unit is a Protector model featuring a four-door custom cab and is powered by a Cummins 6CTAB, 250-hp diesel engine with an Allison MT-647, four-speed automatic transmission. It replaces a I OKI conventional pumper.
The pumper has a Hale, )SG, single-stage 1,000-gpm pump and carries 1,000 gallons of water. It has a prepiped Akron Apollo Model 3 22 deck gun and two crosstrays with 1 /’.-inch attack lines. Mounted in the extended front bumper is a 1 ‘/i-inch jump line. Two of the pump’s 2 -inch discharges are mounted in the rear. (Photo by Don Brinkley.)
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■ In Georgia, the Murray County Volunteer Fire Department is operating five of these 1.500-gallon tankers built on a GMC Topkiek chassis by American Fire Apparatus.
According to Chief Gene Darnell, the county is considered very rural in some respects, but facilities such as carpet mills in the jurisdiction justify’ the need for tankers such as these. Each of the five stations also has a pumper carrying 1,000 gallons of water. The fire commissioners also wanted as much money to be spent locally as possible when purchasing the apparatus.
The tanker has cab seating for three and is powered by a Caterpillar 3116, ATAAC diesel engine with Allison standard transmission. It mounts a single-stage Hale, 450-gpm pump (model 40FD8-2) with 4½- and three-inch intakes on each side. Six hundred feet of 2’/-inch hose are carried, and two preconnected 1 ‘/-inch attack lines come off the rear.
A 10-inch Newton dump valve is provided in conjunction with a 2,100-gallon Fold-A-Tank. which is mounted on the left side of the apparatus. The truck body has four tool and equipment compartments. (Photo by Jay Thomson.)
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■ In California, Truck 31 of the Los Angeles County Fire Department is operating one of five tractor-drawn aerial ladder trucks built by Seagrave — the first tractor-drawns ever in this department.
Deputy Chief William Zeason and Captain Wayne Ibers explain that due to the increasing population and traffic in the county it was becoming increasingly difficult to maneuver service aerials, rearmounts, and elevating-platform apparatus through crowxlcd narrow The department decided to buy tractor-drawn aerials for their maneuverability . The design incorporates a quick setup time and adequate storage for ground ladders. The units have a Model JT tractor with seating for five and are powered by a Cummins NTC-400 diesel engine with Allison HTB-755CR automatic transmission.
The four-section, steel, 100-foot aerial ladder is supplemented with 288 feet of ground ladders. The trailer-mounted hydraulic outriggers have a 13-foot, four-inch spread A total of 18 tool and equipment compartments are featured on the truck.
Other items include a six-kw Onan diesel generator, two 500-watt Kwik-Raze telescoping fldlights. Akron Pyrolite ladderpipc, and 500-gpm Black Widow nozzle. (Photo by Charles Madderom.)
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