Apparatus Deliveries: August 2019

apparatus deliveries by john M. malecky
The Washington Township, Buck Creek (IN) Fire Department designed this ALEXIS rescue truck to respond to mutual aid calls and serve as a rehab area during extended operations, says Chief Nick Wagner. Locally, the unit responds to all structure and motor vehicle accident calls and is second out to all medical calls.

The Washington Township, Buck Creek (IN) Fire Department designed this ALEXIS rescue truck to respond to mutual aid calls and serve as a rehab area during extended operations, says Chief Nick Wagner. Locally, the unit responds to all structure and motor vehicle accident calls and is second out to all medical calls.

Features/Equipment:

  • SPARTAN Metro Star MFD chassis with a 194-inch wheelbase and 20-inch raised roof cab with six seats;
  • CUMMINS ISL 9 380-hp diesel engine;
  • 18-foot nonwalk-in body with ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • oil-absorbent hopper in upper compartment;
  • transverse Stokes and backboard compartment;
  • triple spare SCBA cylinder sleeves and two hand extinguisher sleeves in wheel wells;
  • body storage for eight spare SCBA cylinders;
  • six-bottle 6,000-psi air cascade system;
  • three EMS compartments;
  • NORCOLD refrigerator;
  • HURST rescue tools;
  • WARN five-ton portable winch with front and rear REESE hitch/winch receivers and two winch points, one on each side of the rear wheels;
  • CMW hydraulic and air reels;
  • CARDIAC SCIENCE AED;
  • BRIGADE BACKEYE 360° camera system; and
  • light and power with a SMART POWER 10-kw hydraulic generator, COMMAND LIGHT Knight 2 tower, WHELEN and FRC scene lighting, and two AKRON electric cord reels.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

The Bremerton (WA) Fire Department responds with this ROSENBAUER platform as a ladder company with pump capabilities to all fire, rescue, emergency medical services, and any other type emergencies, says Interim Chief Patrick McGanney.

The Bremerton (WA) Fire Department responds with this ROSENBAUER platform as a ladder company with pump capabilities to all fire, rescue, emergency medical services, and any other type emergencies, says Interim Chief Patrick McGanney.

Features/Equipment:

  • Commander chassis with a 245-inch wheelbase and four-seat cab;
  • side compartments on cab between doors for medical equipment;
  • CUMMINS ISX 15 525-hp diesel engine;
  • ROSENBAUER N55 single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with five-inch front intake, one 1½-inch front bumper line, and four 1¾-inch crosslays;
  • UPF 300-gallon water tank;
  • Cobra 104-foot platform with 17-foot, six-inch outrigger spread, 1,000-pound dry and 500-pound wet payloads, and a TFT Typhoon RC monitor;
  • smart aerial technology;
  • wireless remote aerial operation;
  • AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
  • HURST rescue tools;
  • PHYSIO CONTROL AED; and

light and power with a HONDA 4½-kw portable, gasoline-driven generator and WHELEN scene lights.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

The Stafford Fire Co. 1 (Stafford Springs, Connecticut) uses this 4 GUYS FIRE TRUCKS unit as a squad, a rescue pumper, and for mutual aid. Chief David Lucia says the department calls it “One big tool box with water and foam.”

The Stafford Fire Co. 1 (Stafford Springs, Connecticut) uses this 4 GUYS FIRE TRUCKS unit as a squad, a rescue pumper, and for mutual aid. Chief David Lucia says the department calls it “One big tool box with water and foam.”

Features/Equipment:

  • SPARTAN Metro Star chassis with a 207-inch wheelbase and 10-inch raised-roof cab with six seats and a medical cabinet;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE DSD single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with a six-inch front intake, two-inch front bumper line, two 1¾-inch crosslays, and one rear 2½-inch discharge;
  • ELKHART Ram XD hand monitor;
  • UPF 1,000-gallon water and 20-gallon Class A foam tanks;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors and added storage above the pump panel and on top of the body;
  • oil absorbent hopper;
  • four-bottle 6,000-psi air cascade system;
  • WARN 4½-ton portable winch with two receivers;
  • ONSPOT tire chains;
  • ASA Voyager backup camera;
  • HOLMATRO rescue tools with air reel;
  • PHYSIO CONTROL AED; and
  • light and power with a HARRISON 15-kw hydraulic generator, WILL BURT light tower, WHELEN scene lights, and two HANNAY electric cord reels.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

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