APPARATUS DELIVERIES

By John M. MaleCKy

>> The Tenth District Volunteer Fire Department, Marbury, Maryland, uses this RESPONSE MARINE fire rescue boat to serve the lower Potomac River Basin and the Port Tobacco River. It is kept on a trailer because the station lies between both rivers. It provides fire and rescue service for pleasure boaters, a few sand and oil barges, and waterfront homes where it can supply water, says Chief Daniel Hudson. Two large marinas and a boat storage facility are in the jurisdiction.

Features/Equipment:

• RESPONSE FR.290J model with “V” type hull;
• 29-foot length, nine-foot beam (excluding rub rails) and 21-inch draft;
• two YAMAHA 300-hp gasoline operated outboard motors;
• jet/fire system provided by inboard KODIAK gasoline motor with AMERICAN turbine jet via hydraulically operated diverter valve which directs the jet discharge to the fire main producing 3,500+ gpm;
• four-inch STORZ connection on fire main;
• two ELKHART monitors (Sting Ray bow monitor; Stinger aft monitor);
• Dual-side dive doors with integral steps;
• two each EMS benches and shock-absorbing seats providing seating for six;
• FLIR thermal imaging camera;
• BLS equipment and heated oxygen unit; and
• light and power with KOHLER 7.5-kw gasoline driven generator, eight HAVIS floodlights (four telescoping at rear of cabin, and two each fixed midship and at front of cabin), and two GOLIGHTS at front of cabin roof.

>> The Merced County (CA) Fire Department designed this SVI TRUCKS rescue vehicle for fireground support and to meet the growing demand for technical rescue services, explains Captain John Morgan. The vehicle is dispatched with a pumper and water tender. It responds on first alarms for structure and commercial vehicle fires and is equipped for low angle rope rescue, building collapse, and trench and confined space rescues.

Features/Equipment:

• SPARTAN Metro Star LTD chassis with 174-inch wheelbase and two-seat cab with 10-inch raised roof and 12-inch extended front bumper with hydraulic connections;
• CUMMINS ISL 400-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
• 18-foot medium rescue, nonwalk-in body with ROBINSON roll-up compartment doors, four each roof and lower body tie-off points, rear stairway with upper storage, and CARE FREE awning on curb side;
• transverse backboard and Stokes litter modules and lumber, ladder, and plywood storage compartments;
• three-bottle air cascade system with BAUER breathing air compressor and booster, two-position fill station, storage module for six spare SCBA cylinders, and two wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
• AUDIOVOX Voyager rearview camera system;
• HURST rescue tools with hydraulic reel;
• two HANNAY reels (one each low-pressure air and electric cord);
• PHILLIPS Heartstream AED; and
• light and power with LIMA 40-kw pto generator, SVI Command Light, four FRC scene lights (side and rear), and eight WHELEN fixed scene lights.

>> The Red White & Blue Fire Protection District, Breckenridge, Colorado, runs this PIERCE platform quint on first alarm assignments for all county professional agencies (which includes three major ski resorts), says Battalion Chief Neil Rosenberger. The heavy-duty platform replaced light duty aerial.

Features/Equipment:

• Velocity chassis with 253½-inch wheelbase and five-seat cab with medical vault and cabinet;
• DETROIT Series 60 515-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS-PR automatic transmission;
• TAK-4 suspension system;
• HALE Qmax single-stage, 200-gpm pump in enclosed heated compartment, Husky 12 foam system, 1¾-inch front bumper line, and two crosslays (1¾- and ½-inch);
• UPF 300-gallon water and 25-gallon foam tanks;
• 100-foot platform with 1,000-pound payload, 18-foot outrigger spread, and two TFT Monsoon monitors (one each electric and manual);
• AMDOR roll-up compartment doors and seven wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
• CAPSTAN 1,000-pound winch with four receivers;
• ON SPOT tire chains;
• 116 feet of ground ladders;
• GENESIS hydraulic rescue tool;
• two AKRON reels (electric and high-pressure air);
• SAFETY VISION backup and right-turn cameras;
• ZOLL AED; and
• light and power with ONAN 15-kw hydraulic generator, 12 FRC floodlights (two each brow, under and front of platform, on tripods at rear of platform, each side on short stands, and at rear of body), and six FEDERAL scene lights (two each side of cab, body, and rear.)