The Fairview (Alberta, Canada) Fire Department uses this FORT GARRY FIRE TRUCKS tanker to protect a primarily rural area. Chief Kerry Cleave says it uses water sources such as a dugout, hydrants, and ditches and shuttles the water (sometimes) two to three miles to a scene, then dumps it into a 3,000-gallon portable tank from which a pumper can draft.
Features/Equipment:
- FREIGHTLINER 108SD chassis with 211½-inch wheelbase and two-seat cab;
- CUMMINS ISL 9 400-hp diesel engine;
- HALE HPB Sidekick underslung single-stage, 750-gpm pump with an AKRON Apollo deck gun;
- WELLINGTON PLASTICS 3,600-gallon water tank;
- NEWTON 10-inch rear dump valve;
- AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
- ZICO hydraulic portable tank rack; and
- FRC scene lights.
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The City of Deming (NM) Fire Department designed this HME pumper to fight structure and vehicle fires and respond to service calls within city limits, says Chief Raul Mercado.
Features/Equipment:
- HME 1871W MFD chassis with 186-inch wheelbase and 12-inch raised-roof cab with six seats and large windshield for increased field of vision;
- CUMMINS ISL 9 370-hp diesel engine;
- UPF 1,045-gallon water tank;
- GORTITE roll-up compartment doors;
- WATEROUS CSU single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with 1¾-inch front bumper line, two 1¾-inch crosslays, a 2½-inch rear discharge preconnected to three-inch hose, and an ELKHART Stinger monitor;
- ZOLL AED; and
- lighting with a roof mounted GOLIGHT and FRC brow and scene lights.
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The City of Elkins (WV) Fire Department protects an area 150 square miles in size that includes two- and four-lane highways and some rural, mountainous regions, says Lieutenant J.W. Jones. This rescue unit, built by SVI TRUCKS, has a short, nonwalk-in body with coffin compartments, which allows for added storage and better maneuverability.
Features/Equipment:
- INTERNATIONAL 7600 chassis with a 230-inch wheelbase and a five-seat cab;
- NAVISTAR N13 475-hp diesel engine;
- 16-foot medium rescue body with ROM roll-up doors and transverse compartments and two wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders;
- folding rear access ladder to coffin compartments to the roof;
- 150-pound oil absorbent hopper in curbside rear;
- WARN 4½-ton portable winch with four receivers;
- two 6,000-psi air cylinders to supply a HANNAY air reel for rescue tools;
- HURST rescue tools with two hydraulic reels;
- ONSPOT tire chains;
- ASA Voyager backup camera;
- ZOLL AED; and
- light and power with an ONAN 15-kw pto/hydraulic generator, WHELEN scene lights, and a HANNAY electric cord reel.
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