APPARATUS DELIVERIES
Three 1,000-gpm pumpers built by Steeldraulic Products Inc. were delivered to the Lexington (Ky.) Fire Department. Station 17 accepted its pumper in November 1986, Station 18 accepted its pumper in December 1986, and Station 19 is scheduled to accept its pumper when it opens next year. The Station 17 apparatus replaces a 1973 1,000-gpm pumper. Station 18 is a new station, and the pumper was the first one in operation there.
All department firefighters are also EMTs and act as medical and haz-mat first responders. So, these pumpers shortened response time to fire, medical, and haz-mat incidents in the outlying rural areas served by these stations, says Chief Gary McComas. The pumpers also helped lower the department’s ISO rating from Class 10 to Class 2.
Each truck has a front-mounted pump that provides easy access to drafting sites at stream and lake locations in rural areas.
Each pumper is built on an International Harvester Model S2674 chassis and has a Detroit Diesel 6V92 engine with Allison automatic transmission. Each apparatus has a 1,000-gallon water tank and seats five people in an enclosed cab.
The department also operates 17 pumpers, seven aerial trucks, six emergency advanced life support units, two telescoping water tower articulating booms, one rescue van, and one haz-mat unit.
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In February, the Tampa (Fla.) Fire Department accepted delivery of two Simon/Ladder Towers Inc. 110-foot aerial ladder trucks at Stations 3 and 13. They replace one 1963 100-foot and one 1976 100-foot aerial ladder truck.
Each truck has a 6,000 kilowatt-hour generator that’s tied into its electrical system to provide lights on the ladder. The generator also makes accessible a DC current to supplement the ground lights at the emergency scene.
The department covers a 170-square-mile metropolitan area and responds to residence, commercial, and high-rise fires, says Deputy Chief Joe Trainor.
Each truck seats five people in an enclosed cab. The jump seats are designed so the SCBA fits behind the firefighters and the equipment can be safely donned en route.
Each apparatus is built on a Pemfab chassis and has a 6V92 Detroit Diesel engine with an HT740 Allison transmission.
The department also operates two 100-foot aerial ladder trucks, one 90-foot snorkel, 19 pumpers, and nine advanced life support rescue units.
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Seven Pioneer I11 ambulances built by Yankee Coach Inc. were delivered to the Pasco County (Fla.) Emergency Services Department from July 1986 through March 1987. The type III modular ambulances replace seven 1982 and 1983 van type II ambulances.
The department’s EMTs are cross-trained as firefighters. The modular type ambulances provide more room than the old van type to carry firefighter gear and special equipment that’s needed to protect the areas served by the department, says Chief Allan McCray.
The ambulances cover 765 square miles of rural and nonrural areas in Pasco County. Each one has an International Harvester diesel engine, which is economical, says Chief McCray, because it cuts down on costs for fuel and general upkeep and maintenance. Each ambulance is built on a Ford chassis and has a Ford transmission.
The department also operates nine advanced life support ambulances, four van-type ambulances in reserve, 13 pumpers, and five brush trucks.
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The North Scituate (R.l.) Fire Department has accepted delivery of this 250-gpm pumper manufactured by American Eagle Fire Apparatus Co. Put into service at Station No. 1 in January, the unit replaces a 1956 pumper.
The apparatus was designed by members of the department’s truck committee to be a practical vehicle.
The apparatus has a Hale pump and is mounted on a 4 X 4 GMC chassis. It has a 500-gallon water tank and accessible compartments that make it easy to store the equipment.
The department also operates one 1,250-gpm pumper, one 1,250gpm tanker, one heavy rescue truck, and one Jeep brush truck for extinguishing brush fires.
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In May 1986, the Maynard (Mass.) Fire Department put into service this Emergency One 100-foot aerial ladder truck. It replaces a 1963 85-foot aerial ladder truck.
This apparatus has “better stability and further reach than the old le and will help us be more responsive to our community’s growing needs,” says Chief Ronald Cassidy.
The apparatus has a Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engine and Allison HT740 automatic transmission. It has the capacity to seat five people in the enclosed cab.
The department also operates one 1,000-gpm pumper, one 1,250gpm pumper, one 1,500-gpm pumper, one brush truck, and one ambulance.
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Two Darley 500-gpm pumpers were put into service in August 1986 at the Marion County Fire Service in Ocala, Fla.
The service is a combination paid/volunteer, county-wide cooperative system that encompasses 26 fire departments within a 1,602square-mile radius of Marion County, according to Public Safety Director Jim Keirnan. It responds to structure fires in urban areas as well as to brush fires in remote, rural areas. The new pumper will help to upgrade the service’s equipment so it can better protect this diverse territory
Each truck is built on a CMC C7 chassis and is powered by a Detroit Diesel engine with Allison automatic transmission. They each have the capacity to seat three people in the enclosed cab and have a 500-gallon water tank.
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