Apparatus Deliveries: November 2022

Apparatus Deliveries ❘ by John M. Malecky

 

The Owen Sound (Ontario, Canada) Fire Department operates this SUTPHEN aerial platform quint.

Features/Equipment:
  • Model TSAL45 chassis with 56-inch cab having a 10-inch raised roof;
  • CUMMINS X12 500-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE Qmax 2,000-gpm pump;
  • poly 300-gallon water tank;
  • stainless-steel body with painted AMDOR roll-up doors;
  • SPH 100 aerial platform with two AKRON Stream Master 1,250-gpm electric monitors;
  • Breathing air system;
  • DUO SAFETY ladder package;
  • WHELEN scene lighting; and
  • FIRETECH scene lights.

Sutphen Fire Apparatus: (800) 726-7030/www.sutrphen.com

 


 

The Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport in Keahole (HI) Fire Rescue operates this OSHKOSH Stryker aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle. It is one of eight delivered to Hawaii. Their specifications vary.

Features/Equipment: (pictured vehicle only):
  • two SCANIA DC16 V8 770-hp Tier IV Final engines;
  • WATEROUS CRQA 2,050-gpm pump;
  • UPF 4,500-gallon water tank;
  • OSHKOSH Eco EFP foam test system;
  • UPF 650-gallon foam tank;
  • 550-pound dry chemical system;
  • 65-foot Snozzle HRET with two turrets on boom and front skid plate;
  • K-Factor HRET (High-Reach Extendable Turret) alignment system;
  • custom FLIR system on the boom and cab; and
  • scene lighting.

Oshkosh Airport Products, LLC: (800)222-6635/www.oshkoshairport.com

 


 

The Franklin Boro (PA) Fire Department’s AT-5 is this minipumper built by MARCO EQUIPMENT SALES.

Features/Equipment:
  • FORD F-550 4 × 4 XLT chassis with four-door cab having two rear bucket seats;
  • FORD Power Stroke 6.7L diesel engine;
  • MARCO aluminum attack body with ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • rear-mounted HALE DSD 1,250-gpm pump with four 2½-inch hosebed preconnects and rear three-inch discharge;
  • FRC Turbo Foam 2.6 system;
  • UPF 300-gallon water and 30-gallon foam tanks;
  • through-the-body ground ladder storage; and
  • FRC scene lighting.

Marco Equipment Sales, LLC: (610)273-9937/sales@marcoequip.net

 


 

The Winter (WI) Volunteer Fire Department operates this tanker/pumper built by MIDWEST FIRE.

Features/Equipment:
  • FREIGNTLINER M2 106 chassis;
  • CUMMINS L9 350EV-hp diesel engine;
  • DARLEY LSP 1,000-gpm PTO pump;
  • APR 3,000-gallon water tank with 2½-inch direct fill and three stainless-steel 10-inch NEWTON dump valves with 36-inch telescoping chutes;
  • Full-length hose body with preconnected hoselays;
  • all-poly body and tank;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • fold-down portable tank rack with 3,000-gallon SYNTEX folding tank; and
  • WHELEN scene lighting.

Midwest Fire Tanker: (800) 344-2059/www.midwestfire.com

 

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