The Huntingburg (IN) Volunteer Fire Department
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Designed its EMERGENCY ONE nonwalk-in rescue truck to handle a variety of incidents, ranging from heavy rescue to light fire suppression, Chief Glen E. Kissling says. The department protects a 45-square-mile area that is 20 percent urban and 80 percent rural and has a population of 8,500.
Features/Equipment:
- INTERNATIONAL 4900 chassis with 236-inch wheelbase;
- cab seating for five;
- INTERNATIONAL 530E 300-hp diesel engine;
- ALLISON MD 3060P automatic transmission;
- HALE AP 50 single-stage, 500-gpm pump;
- EMERGENCY ONE 300-gallon water tank;
- 100 feet of one-inch hose in front bumper;
- 50 feet of 11/2-inch line on driver’s side;
- 50 feet of two-inch line at pump panel;
- AKRON 95-gpm foam eductor;
- EMERGENCY ONE 20-gallon foam tank;
- 18-foot aluminum body with 15 storage compartments, including two rollout compartments under the body and four storage compartments on the roof;
- A.M.P.S. 20-kw hydraulic generator;
- two SUPERVAC Command Lights (three-kw and six-kw);
- six WHELEN fixed scene lights;
- air cascade system;
- four sleeves in wheel wells for spare SCBA cylinders;
- five HANNAY reels (two hydraulic, two electric, one air);
- HURST rescue system;
- RAMSEY four-ton, front-mounted winch;
- two front bumper hose well compartments; and
- ONSPOT ice chain system.
The Braddock (PA) Volunteer Fire Department No. 2
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Purchased this AMERICAN LAFRANCE rescue truck for self-sufficiency, according to Chief Thomas J. Petrovic, since volunteer fire service personnel shortages limit the availability of mutual-aid companies’ equipment. The response district includes heavy industry and a proposed highway system that warrants a rescue vehicle, which also provides mutual aid. Braddock occupies a 0.8-square-mile area along the Monongahela River and has a population of 4,500. It has many closely situated dwellings, some of which are 100 years old.
Features/Equipment:
- FREIGHTLINER FL-80 chassis with 205-inch wheelbase;
- extended cab with three seats;
- CUMMINS ISC 330-hp diesel engine;
- ALLISON MD 3066P automatic transmission;
- aluminum body with 12 storage compartments (two on roof);
- ROBINSON rollup doors;
- LEROY SUMMERS 40-kw PTO generator;
- two WILL-BURT nine-kw Night Scans;
- five FIRE RESEARCH 750-watt Focus lights (one on front of cab roof, four fixed on body);
- two FIRE RESEARCH 750-watt Focus tripod lights on rear;
- six WHELEN fixed scene lights on body;
- four HANNAY 200-foot electric cord reels;
- two HANNAY air reels;
- eight 6,000-psi cylinder air cascade system with fill station;
- HASKELL booster pump;
- WARN portable 41/2-ton winch with four receiver points;
- HOLMATRO Rescue System with air bags deployed from front bumper with 32 feet of hose;
- two HANNAY hydraulic reels with 100 feet of hose;
- haz-mat absorbent materials; and
- rear hitch for 19-foot boat or salvage trailer.
The Kimball Township (MI) Fire Department
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Purchased this KME pumper tanker for use in hydranted and rural areas, according to Chief Patrick McGuffin. Since only 35 percent of the jurisdiction is hydranted, all of the department’s engines are pumper tankers. The apparatus includes a foam system because of the presence of hazardous materials used in local industries and to protect Interstates 69 and 94, which are main routes to Canada. The 36-square-mile response district of 8,500 includes residential, rural, commercial, and industrial properties; another 50 square miles are protected by contract.
Features/Equipment:
- Excel XMFD chassis with 234-inch wheelbase;
- cab seating for six;
- CUMMINS ISM 450-hp diesel engine;
- ALLISON HD 4060P automatic transmission;
- HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump;
- top-mounted pump panel;
- two 150-foot, 11/2-inch speedlays;
- two 200-foot, 21/2-inch rear preconnects;
- right-side, five-inch discharge;
- prepiped AKRON Apollo Hi Riser monitor with five-inch portable base;
- FEECON AP 1.5 around-the-pump foam system;
- UPF 30-gallon tank of AFFF;
- UPF 3,000-gallon water tank;
- one 21/2-inch rear tank fill;
- eight-inch rear electric dump valve operated from cab;
- aluminum rescue-style body with 12 storage compartments;
- 800 feet of five-inch hose;
- A.M.P.S. six-kw hydraulic PTO generator;
- two DYNA-LITE 1,500-watt telescoping floodlights behind cab;
- ZIAMATIC ladder rack; and
- 3,000-gallon inflatable dump tank
