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Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

February 1, 1979

ByFire Engineering Staff

Apparatus Innovations And Deliveries

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The Bath Township Fire Department of Lima, Ohio, has recently received this 100-foot Sutphen platform. It has an Allison automatic transmission, a 6-71 Detroit Diesel engine, a Hale 1000-gpm pump, 1000 feet of 4-inch supply hose, and 153 feet of ground ladders. Air is piped to the platform for masks.

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The Blackwood Fire Company No. 1 of Gloucester Township, N. J., is the proud owner of this Pierce with an 85-foot Snorkel mounted on a Hendrickson chassis. It has a 1250-gpm pump, a Detroit Diesel 8V-71 engine with an automatic transmission, and a full hose bed.

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The West Albany Volunteer Fire District of Colonie, N. Y., recently took delivery of a custom-built Hahn pumper. The unit, which is powered by a Detroit Diesel 6-7 1N engine with an Allison HD-640 automatic transmission, has a 1250-gpm Hale pump. It carries 1200 feet of 3-inch, 1000 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose and 150 feet of 2 1/2-inch preconnected hose. Both the top and bottom Mattydales have 150 feet of 1 1/2-inch preconnected hose. It also has an Akron 60-gpm in-line foam system and a 6000-watt Onan built-in generator with two top-mounted telescoping quartz lights.

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The Winterport, Maine, Fire Department has recently placed this FMC pumper in service. The unit, mounted on a Chevy C-65 chassis and powered by a Chevy 427 V-8 engine with a five-speed transmission and power steering, features a 1000-gpm Bean two-stage pump with a 750-gallon steel tank. It also has twin heated booster reels with electric rewind, stainless steel pump panel, rear 1 1/2-inch preconnect, and storage space for equipment in the compartments.

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This Emergency One Sentry twin pumper was recently delivered to the Longmont, Colo., Fire Protection District. Built on a GMC 6500 chassis, its standard equipment includes a 500-gallon aluminum tank, stainless steel pump panel, a twin pump system, a Hannay booster reel, a Hale relief valve, an electric primer, tank level gage and an engine pump cooler. The unit also features a high-side body and a diamond plate cover for the hose reels.

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Caracas, Venezuela, has taken delivery of this Firebird 90 fire fighting and aerial rescue unit. It is South America's first platform. It can reach up to nine stories with a 750-pound capacity 3 by 7-foot platform. Its 58-foot horizontal reach will extend over a three-story building.

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The Enterprise Fire Company of Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa., has recently put into service this lime-yellow and white Mack rearmounted aerial ladder truck. It features a 100-foot Thibault ladder, full compartmentation on both sides, Allison automatic transmission and a Maxidyne diesel. It is housed with a matching Mack pumper put in service a year previous.

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