By John M. MaleCKy
Bristol-Myers Squibb Emergency Services in New Brunswick, New Jersey, uses this PIERCE foam pumper with Snozzle to attain better reach to process buildings and large structures, explains Chief John Welling. It is the first 65-foot Snozzle sold for nonmunicipal applications.
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Features/Equipment:
- Dash* chassis with 245-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with 14-inch raised roof;
- DETROIT Series 60 515-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS-P automatic transmission;
- HALE Qmax single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump with Husky foam system and Hercules CAFS, five-inch front intake, 1½-inch front bumper line, and 1¾- and 2½-inch speedlays;
- UPF 500-gallon water and 300-gallon foam tanks;
- CRASH RESCUE EQUIPMENT SERVICE65-foot Snozzle, two Unifier Force 50 and Force 80 monitors (one each at 50-foot and 65-foot levels); and 12-foot outrigger spread;
- CRASH RESCUE EQUIPMENT SERVICE piercing nozzle;
- PIERCE roll-up compartment doors and four wheel well sleeves for seven spare SCBA cylinders;
- BULLARD thermal imaging camera;
- two HANNAY reels (one each electric cord and air); and
- light and power with HARRISON 10-kw hydraulic generator, two WELDON scene lights (one each on side of cab), and three FRC floodlights (one on brow, two on roof of cab).
* The Dash chassis has been replaced by the Velocity model.
The Oakville Fire Department in Ontario, Canada, designed this SVI TRUCKS rescue truck with a short wheelbase to maneuver on highways and smaller town streets, says Deputy Chief Bob Sumak. It serves a fast-growing community on Lake Ontario, with three main expressways and two rivers flowing through town with ravines requiring rope rescue.
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Features/Equipment:
- SPARTAN Diamond MFD chassis with 180-inch wheelbase and four-seat cab with 20-inch raised roof;
- CUMMINS ISL 370-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
- 24-inch extended front bumper with preconnected 100-foot air line and control panel with compressed air connection, a 110-volt outlet, an on/off switch for HOLMATRO electric pump, and connection for the core hose;
- 18-foot nonwalk-in body with ROBINSON roll-up compartment doors, rear stairway, 150-pound oil absorbent hopper, and two other controls panels (as described above) in lower compartments in front of the wheel wells on both sides of the truck;
- 6,000-psi air cylinder to operate tools;
- storage for 40 spare SCBA cylinders;
- RAMSEY 4½-ton portable winch with left, right, and rear receivers;
- HOLMATRO rescue tools; and
- light and power with ONAN 25-kw pto generator, SVI Command Light with backlighting, FRC brow light, and six WHELEN fixed scene lights on body.
The Tukwila (WA) Fire Department designed this FERRARA pumper for fighting residential, high rise, commercial, and brush fires as well as for EMS, light rescue, and hazmat responses, explains Lieutenant Loren McFarland.
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Features/Equipment:
- Inferno chassis with 196-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with 10-inch raised roof;
- CUMMINS ISM 500-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS automatic transmission;
- HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with HYPRO Foam Pro 2002 system, three crosslays (two 1¾-inch and one 2½-inch), four-inch rear discharge, midship-mounted one-inch booster reel, three-inch rear discharge with 2½-inch preconnect, and AKRON Deckmaster electric monitor;
- UPF 500-gallon water and 10- and 20-gallon foam tanks;
- five wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
- ZIAMATIC hydraulic ladder rack;
- AMKUS rescue tools;
- PHILLIPS AED; and
- light and power with HARRISON eight-kw hydraulic generator, three FRC floodlights (one on brow, two telescoping behind cab), and one HANNAY electric cord reel.
