APPARATUS DELIVERIES
Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, has a population of approximately 175,000 and covers an area of about 100 square miles. According to Captain Lou Chase, the city is experiencing a changing skyline, with many more high-rise structures under construction.
Chase says this Simon/Duplex/LTI, ST-2000 tower is providing the capabilities these new structures require—the ability to deliver up to 2,000 gpm through an elevated waterway.
The apparatus is mounted on a Duplex Olympian chassis with seating for seven. It features a 256-inch wheelbase and 14 tool and equipment compartments in the body and is powered by a Detroit 8V 92TA DDEC diesel engine with an Allison HT-740 automatic transmission.
The unit has a Godiva, 1,250-gpm, single-stage pump with a single six-inch front intake and two 2 ‘/2-inch intakes on the sides. Attack lines are in crosstravs. The truck carries 500 feet of five-inch hose and has a five-inch pipe feeding the 100-foot waterway terminating at a platform outfitted with an Akron Gemini style 3478 electric monitor and an Akron Gemini style 3470, two handwheel deckpipe monitors, each with a 3 ‘/2-inch outlet tee. The platform has a 1,000pound payload capacity, and the outrigger spread for the vehicle is 18 feet.
The unit mounts a 6.5-kw Onan, gasoline-driven generator and has telescoping 500-watt floodlights mounted midship in the body and at the rear of the platform. Two Collins FX-12 spot/floodlights are mounted at the forward part of the platform.
The Tower responds to EMS calls as well as fire calls and carries related medical equipment. (Photo by Rill Hattersley.)
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■ The St. Peters (MO) Fire Protection District covers 56 square miles with 45,000 residents. The area of protection includes portions of two cities as well as an unincorporated area. The community consists of mostly single-family dwellings, apartment complexes, a major shopping mall, lightto heavy-duty industry, several major distribution warehouses, and a large chemical complex. The district includes eight miles of an interstate highway, two railroads, and an agricultural area, which includes several miles of Mississippi River shoreline.
Tw’o apparatus recently were placed in service for different purposes. The first, a commercial pumper, was designed to replace an old reserve pumper and an aging tanker. Fire Chief J.X . Tackett savs that the vehicle was chosen for response to rural, highway, and railroad incidents and is used to cover for units that are out of service and for mutual-aid response.
The all-aluminum pumper, built by Emergency-One, is mounted on a Navistar Model 4900 chassis with a four-door cab that provides seating for four. It is powered by an International Model DT-466 diesel engine with an Allison Model M I -643 automatic transmission. The unit carries 1,000 gallons of water and a 50-gallon tank of foam. A rear-mounted 2’/2-inch intake is used to fill the tank.
The pump is a Hale, single-stage. 1,250-gpm with a three-inch pipe feeding a 1,000-gpm, Akron Apollo monitor. Two crosslays areoutfitted with lVi-inch attack line and one with three-inch hose. There is a rear 2 ½-inch discharge and a three-inch side discharge. Replacing the booster reel is a trash line of 200 feet of one-inch hose with an Akron nozzle. A Feecon foam system allows foam to be delivered from any discharge, including the monitor.
The pumper body has 12-foot storage compartments and features an assortment of first responder equipment; a Honda, five-kw, gasoline-driven generator; two 500-watt extendable quartz floodlights; gasoline-powered PPV fans; one each of 14and 35-foot ground ladders; and 1,000 feet of five-inch hose.
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The second unit is a custom pumper built by Seagrave and, according to Tackett, is designed to respond to haz-mat. EMS, and rescue incidents. It is a front-line vehicle assigned to a recently opened headquarters facility located in a high-value area. Tackett considers it a multiuse vehicle for times of limited personnel availability.
The pumper has the “J” model, four-door cab with a chassis wheelbase of 178 inches. It is constructed ofgalvaneal steel and has seven storage compartments. It is powered by a Cummins Model L10, 350-hp, diesel engine w-ith an Allison Model HT-740 automatictransmission. The vehicle carries 750 gallons of water and has a Feecon foam system with a 50-gallon tank.
The pump is a Waterous, two-stage, 1,500-gpm with a three-inch feed to a 1,000-gpm, Akron Apollo monitor. Crosslays have two 1 -Viinch attack lines and one for three-inch hose. A rear tank fill pipe and discharge, both 2‘/2-inch, are present. A three-inch discharge is located on the right side, and a gated wye connection on the rear feeds a 1’/4-inch attack line and a one-inch trash line. One thousand feet of five-inch hose is carried.
The pumper curries a gasoline-driven, five-kw, Honda generator; two extendable 500-watt quartz floodlights; assorted rescue and first-responder equipment; a gasoline-powered PPV fan; and more than 50 feet of ground ladders. The unit has seating for six firelighters. (Photos by Dennis j. Maag.)
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■ In the Province of Ontario, Canada, the Ancaster Fire Department is operating Canada’s first rescue truck outfitted with a crane. Ancaster operates two pumpers; a tanker-pumper; a pumper with a 75-foot Telesqurt; an ambulance; and a Suburban used for inhalator calls, fire prevention work, and general service at fire scenes. The city has a population of 22.000 within 68 square miles and is mostly residential, with a small industrial area. It is situated between Hamilton and Brantford, about 50 miles west ofToronto, and has parts of Provincial Highways 2, 52, and 405 to cover. Fire Chief Robert Konkle, who heads the department of 15 paid and 25 parttime members, says the crane can be used for rollovers, removing truck trailers from the tops of cars, and a multitude of problems associated with motor vehicle accidents Chief Konkle also states that the department can extend the boom and use it as a ridge pole with a tarp to create a tent, if necessary.
The rescue truck is built by Dependable Emergency Vehicles and is mounted on a Ford L-8000 chassis. It has a 215-inch wheelbase and is powered by a Ford, 240-hp, turbo-diesel engine with an Allison MT-643 automatic transmission Vehicle seating consists of two in the cab and four with SCBA in the rescue body There are 10 compartments for equipment storage.
The truck’s midship-mounted. 14-ton, National Crane extends to 56 feet. It has dual stations for operation on the vehicle. Six jacks and outriggers provide stabilization for the crane. The spread of the midship outriggers is 19.5 feet.
The vehicle also features a six-ton, front-mounted winch and an understep rear compartment with a 200-foot electrical cable with four 110-volt outlets supplied by a 3 5-kw portable Honda generator. A 6.5-kw Harrison diesel/hydraulic generator also is mounted on the vehicle. Lighting is provided by four scene lights on the rescue body, two 500-watt telescoping floodlights on the front of the box, and two 500-watt flcxKllights mounted on tripods at the rear. Two 1,500-watt floodlights are mounted on the crane. (Photos by Dave Stewardson.)
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■ This mask service unit (MSU) is part of the second generation of airsupply trucks in the Jersey City (NJ) Fire Department. Battalion Chief William C. Peters explains that prior to the establishment of the MSU, a van responded when needed.
The upgrade from the past vehicle includes 24-hour staffing by one firefighter and one captain, who respond to all working fires citywide and other incidents (haz-mat. etc.) when special called. The driver is qualified for field-level SCBA repair and fills bottles on the scene. The ability to fill bottles on the scene during overhaul expedites getting firefighting units back in service after the fire. The captain assumes duties of safety’ officer at the scene.
The unit, the first of its type built by Betten Rol-Up, is mounted on a CMC Topkick chassis with cab seating for two. The truck has a wheelbase of 165 inches and an aluminum body with six compartments and rollup doors. It is powered by a Caterpillar model 3116 diesel engine and an Allison model AT-545 automatic transmission.
The cascade system consists of six 6,000-psi air cylinders with a Sierra booster pump and fill station. A hand truck and modified supermarket shopping cart for transporting bottles at quarters and at incident scenes are carried. Sixty spare 30-minute cylinders and eight 60-minute cylinders arc carried. Extra SCBA components and hand tools are carried for field repair. The MSU visits five fire companies per day to inspect and repair SCBA units.
The truck also carries a PTO-driven, 12.5-kw generator, two 1,500watt Kwik-Raze quartz floodlights on poles, two power rewind cord reels, and portable quartz floodlights. (Photo by John M Malecky.)
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