By John M. MaleCKy
TheRutherford County Emergency Management Agencyin Murfreesboro, Tennessee, uses this MARION BODY rescue truck primarily for CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) response, explains Assistant Director Joe Reed. It is also used for technical rescue, hazmat, USAR, and fireground support, if needed. The agency covers Homeland District 6, which is 3,000 square miles.
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Features/Equipment:
- FREIGHTLINER M2 chassis with 277-inch wheelbase and five-seat raised roof cab;
- MERCEDES MBE 900 370-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
- 20-foot non-walk-in body with GORTITE roll-up doors and rear ZICO access ladder to roof;
- Oil dry hopper at rear wheel well;
- four-bottle air cascade system with SPACESAVER fill station;
- HOLMATRO rescue tools;
- ON SPOT tire chains;
- WARN 4½-ton portable winch with four receivers; and
- light and power with ONAN 25-kw PTO generator, WILL BURT Night Scan, four telescoping floodlights (two HAVIS SHIELDS at front, two FRC on tripods at rear), and four WHELEN fixed scene lights on body.
The St. Cloud (FL) Fire Rescue Department has added two SUTPHEN pumpers and two MEDTEC ambulances to serve a growing community. Lieutenant/Medic James Grenus says that one of each was placed at a new station. The pumpers respond to fire, hazmat, and EMS calls and provide mutual aid to rural areas outside city limits. The ambulances were designed to transport two patients and still have extra work room.
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Features/Equipment:
- Shield Series chassis with 185-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with EMS compartment;
- CUMMINS ISL 400-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 3000 EVS automatic transmission;
- HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with 1¾-inch front bumper line, two 1¾-inch crosslays, one three-inch rear preconnect, and AKRON Apollo HiRiser monitor;
- ROBINSON roll-up compartment doors and three wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
- MEDTRONICPhysio Control AED; and
- light and power with SMART POWER six-kw hydraulic generator, three FRC floodlights (one brow, two telescoping at rear of cab), two WHELEN scene lights on cab, and one HANNAY electric cord reel.
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Features/Equipment:
- INTERNATIONAL 4300 LP extended chassis with 205-inch wheelbase and two-seat cab;
- two compartments in cab extension storing SCBA and spare cylinders enclosed with GORTITE roll-up doors;
- INTERNATIONAL DT 466 245-hp diesel engine with ALLISON3000 EVS automatic transmission;
- Model AD 170 patient module with central oxygen system, MEDTRONIC Life Pak 12 AED, and STRYKER MX Pro R3 ambulance cot; and
- four WHELEN fixed scene lights on module.