Apparatus Deliveries: June 2023

 

The DeKalb (GA) Fire & Rescue placed in service this aerial tower built by SUTPHEN FIRE APPARATUS.

Features/Equipment:
  • Monarch chassis with five-seat, 10-inch raised-roof cab and full-height rear doors;
  • CUMMINS X12 500-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump;
  • no water tank;
  • SPH100 aerial tower with two AKRON Stream Master monitors; and
  • light and power with a HARRISON 10-kw hydraulic generator, WHELEN brow and scene lights, and a HANNAY electric cord reel.

Sutphen Fire Apparatus: (800) 726-7030/www.sutphen.com

 


 

The Limestone (OK) Fire Protection District responds with this WS DARLEY quint.

Features/Equipment:
  • SPARTAN Diamond chassis with raised-roof cab;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • DARLEY LDMBC single-stage pump with two crosslays over the panel;
  • DARLEY AutoCAFS 220 system;
  • Co-polymer rescue body with ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • Co-polymer 500-gallon water and 20-gallon foam tanks;
  • 75-foot RK aerial ladder with an AKRON Stream Master ladderpipe; and
  • WHELEN scene lighting.

Darley Fire Apparatus: (815) 739-9822/www.darley.com

 


 

The Triune-Halleck Volunteer Fire Department (Morganville, West Virginia) protects its jurisdiction with this tanker built by MIDWEST FIRE TANKER.

Features/Equipment:
  • INTERNATIONAL HV607 chassis;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE MBP 1,000-gpm PTO pump;
  • APR 3,000-gallon water tank with four-inch Storz direct fill;
  • stainless-steel 10-inch NEWTON swivel electric dump valve with 36-inch telescoping chute;
  • ZICO tank rack with 3,000-gallon SYNTEX folding tank;
  • ROM roll-up compartment doors;
  • REAR VIEW camera system; and
  • WHELEN combination scene/warning lights.

Midwest Fire Tanker: (800) 344-2059/www.midwestfire.com

 


 

The Luc du Bonnet (Manitoba, Canada) Fire Department responds with this pumper/tanker built by FORT GARRY FIRE TRUCKS.

Features/Equipment:
  • INTERNATIONAL HV 607 chassis;
  • Four-seat crown enclosure behind cab;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE RSD PTO-driven 1,500-U.S. gpm pump with TFT Crossfire monitor;
  • FOAM PRO 2001 Class A system;
  • 2,500-Imperial gallon water tank;
  • saltwater marine grade aluminum body with AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
  • overhead ladder rack;
  • stainless-steel hosebed access ladder; and
  • FRC telescoping floodlights.

Fort Garry Fire Trucks: (800) 565-3473/www.fgft.com

 

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