Apparatus Deliveries

The Middlebury Township (IN) Fire & EMS designed this SUTPHEN rescue truck with a pump to provide fire protection at motor vehicle accidents and to respond as a third engine if needed. Chief Jeff Wogoman says the previous truck had no pump and was supported by a pumper and a paramedic unit. With this multipurpose apparatus, the department has eliminated the pumper response.

Features/Equipment:

• 73-inch custom chassis with a 24-inch extended front bumper, a 212-inch wheelbase, and an eight-seat cab with 10-inch half-raised roof;
• CUMMINS ISL 9 450-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
• 30-pound oil dry hopper
• LUCAS rescue tools;
• HALE Qflo single-stage, 1,250-gpm pump with a 2½-inch front bumper discharge (wyed to two 1¾-inch hoselines), a left/rear 2½-inch preconnect, and an ELKHART Vulcan RF deck gun;
• PRO POLY 750-gallon water tank;
• ROM roll-up compartment doors;
• four spare SCBA cylinders sleeves behind the cab and four in wheel wells;
• MEDTRONIC AED; and
• light and power with a SMART POWER 25-kw hydraulic generator, COMMAND LIGHT, GO LIGHT on cab roof, four FRC scene lights on the body, two WHELEN recessed lights on the side of the cab, and two HANNAY electric cord reels.

The Niles (IL) Fire Department designed this PIERCE platform quint to respond to elevator alarms, hazmats, CFO alarms, and technical rescues (confined space, trench, structural collapse, water and ice) other than structural fires, says Lieutenant Doug Fuller.

Features/Equipment:

• Dash CF chassis with 271½-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with EMS cabinets and notched raised roof;
• DETROIT DD13 500-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS-P automatic transmission;
• PIERCE Command Zone;
• PIERCE PUC single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with Husky 3 foam system, 1¾-inch front bumper line, and two crosslays (one each 1¾- and 2½-inch);
• 100-foot platform with 1,000-pound pay load and 18-foot outrigger spread;
• platform with an AKRON Stream Master monitor, FRC intercom, and WHELEN floodlights on the front and underside;
• two wheel well compartments for four spare SCBA cylinders;
• AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
• UPF 300-gallon water and 20-gallon foam tanks;
• GENESIS rescue tools with hydraulic reel;
• SAFETY VISION camera;
• PHILLIPS AED; and
• light and power with a HARRISON 10-kw hydraulic generator, five WHELEN recessed floodlights on the body, and two HANNAY electric cord reels.

The Elmwood (West Grey, Ontario, Canada) Fire Department uses this pumper built by FORT GARRY FIRE TRUCKS as a first-out unit for medwical calls, structural fires, grass fires and motor vehicle accidents, says Deputy Chief Wayne McLeod. The apparatus has a top-mount pump panel for operator safety and for scene visibility because of the area’s many narrow streets, rural roads, and farm lanes.

Features/Equipment:

• SPARTAN Metro Star X chassis with 215-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with 10-inch raised roof;
• CUMMINS ISL 380-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
• PRO POLY 800-Imperial gallon water and 25-Imperial gallon foam tanks;
• HALE DSD single-stage, 1,250-Imperial gallons-per-minute pump with a FOAM PRO 2001 A system, a six-inch rear intake, 150 feet of 2½-inch hose, front bumper line with 1½-inch wye, two 1¾-inch high-rise packs for rapid deployment at structure and auto fires (foam capable), two 1¾-inch speedlays under pump panel (both foam capable), and an AKRON deck gun;
• 2½-inch rear direct tank fill;
• AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
• enclosed ladder and suction hose storage;
• ZONE DEFENCE rearview camera with additional pump panel monitor;
• HURST Tool;
• LAERDAL AED; and
• six WHELEN scene lights on the cab and body and two FRC telescoping floodlights midship.

The Osseo (WI) Rural Fire Department covers five townships and the city of Osseo. Chief Nels Gunderson says the department’s CUSTOM FIRE pumper was designed to protect a largely rural/farming/Amish area featuring some hills and light and heavy industry in the city. The department covers 14 miles of Highway I-94, which has many accidents. The enclosure for the pump panel aids operator safety and rehab while reducing the wheelbase.

Features/Equipment:

• SPARTAN Metro Star LFD chassis with 235-inch wheelbase and 20-inch raised-roof cab with eight seats and a medical cabinet;
• CUMMINS ISL 9 450-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
• WATEROUS 200-cfm CAFS with FOAM PRO 2001 system;
• KOCHECK flexible front suction hose and strainer;
• WATEROUS CSU single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with top-mount panel, front and rear six-inch intakes, two-inch front bumper discharge reduced for a 1¾-inch line, two removable two-inch speedlays, two 2½-inch rear preconnects, and an AKRON Apollo monitor;
• UPF 1,000-gallon water and 25-gallon foam tanks;
• ROM roll-up compartment doors, six sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders, swing out and down rear access ladder and slide-in suction, and ladder and pike pole storage;
• HOLMATRO rescue tools; and
• light and power with WILL BURT Night Scan, six FIRE TECH scene lights, and a HANNAY electric cord reel.

The Village of Howard Fire Department, Green Bay, Wisconsin, designed this SEAGRAVE pumper to function in limited access situations with a low profile, states Chief Ed Janke. The pumper is first out to all calls except medical and motor vehicle accidents (which are handled by a first response engine). The area is fully hydranted.

Features/Equipment:

• Marauder II chassis with 205½-inch wheelbase and 141-inch full tilt cab with six seats;
• CUMMINS ISL 9 450-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
• UPF 500-gallon water and 30-gallon foam tanks;
• through-the-body ladder storage;
• WATEROUS CSU single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump with FOAM PRO 2002 system, 1¾-inch front bumper line, three crosslays (two 1¾-inch and one 2½-inch), one rear 2½-inch discharge with three-inch line to a TFT Blitzfire hand monitor, one rear 2½-inch preconnect, and an AKRON Apollo deck gun;
• ZONE DEFENSE camera;
• TNT rescue tools;
• CARDIAC SCIENCE AED; and
• light and power with an ONAN 10-kw hydraulic generator and WHELEN brow and scene lights.