Apparatus Deliveries: June 2021

Apparatus Deliveries / By John M. Malecky

The Uniondale (IN) Fire Department has in service this top-mount pumper built by SUMMIT FIRE APPARATUS.

Features/Equipment:
  • FREIGHTLINER M2 chassis with seating for five;
  • CUMMINS L9 300-hp diesel engine;
  • WATEROUS CS single-stage, 1,250-gpm pump with front intake on extended front bumper with hose storage and two speedlays with 1¾-inch hose;
  • PRO POLY 1,000-gallon water tank;
  • roof top coffin compartment and oil absorbent hopper;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors and wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
  • ZICO electric hydraulic ladder rack; and
  • light and power with a SMART POWER 6.2-kw hydraulic FRC telescoping floodlights and TECNIQ scene lights.

Summit Fire Apparatus: 859-331-0360/www.summitfireapparatus.com

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com


Photo by David Greenburg.

One of three ROSENBAUER Avenger pumpers in service with the Navajo Nation (AZ) Fire Department. The department also has several types of apparatus on order from Rosenbauer.

Features/Equipment:
  • Avenger 4 × 4 chassis with five-seat cab (the first Avenger with a 4 × 4 feature);
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • ROSENBAUER NH 1,250-gpm high-pressure pump with a 1¾-inch front bumper line and FOAM PRO 2001 system;
  • UPF 800-gallon water and 30-gallon foam tanks;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors; and
  • WHELEN brow and scene lighting.

Rosenbauer America: 605-543-5591, www.rosenbaueramerica.com

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com


Photo by Paul Shea.

The Westborough (MA) Fire Department has in service this SEAGRAVE Aerialscope.

Features/Equipment:
  • Marauder chassis with 237-inch wheelbase and five-seat cab having side compartments above the front axles and an 18-inch extended front bumper;
  • CUMMINS ISX 12 500-hp diesel engine;
  • 95-foot Aerialscope with a TFT Monsoon 2,000-gpm monitor;
  • 115 feet of ground ladders; and
  • WHELEN brow and scene lighting.

Seagrave Fire Apparatus: 715-823-2141/www.seagrave.com

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com


The Hampton Falls (NH) Fire Department has in service this TOYNE pumper/tanker.

Features/Equipment:
  • SPARTAN Metro Star chassis;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • WATEROUS CSU 1,500-gpm pump with a TFT Extenda-Gun for the monitor;
  • UPF 1,500-gallon water tank;
  • Bolted and painted stainless-steel body with enclosed hard suction storage and wheel well sleeves for eight spare SCBA cylinders; and
  • ladders and pike poles storage on a hydraulic rack.

Toyne Fire Apparatus: 712-673-2328/www.toyne.com

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

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