By John M. Malecky
>> The Devil’s Lake (ND) Fire Department replaced a 65-foot articulated platform with this ROSENBAUER platform. Chief Jim Moe says the older truck had limited reach, while the new one allows safer distance from the scene with added safety features. The longer horizontal reach provides for operations in residential areas and at technical rescues.
Features/Equipment:
- SPARTAN Gladiator Evolution chassis with 260-inch wheelbase and eight-seat cab;
- CATERPILLAR C 13 485-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS-P automatic transmission;
- WATEROUS CSU 2,000-gpm pump with three 1¾-inch crosslays;
- UPF 300-gallon water tank;
- Rosenbauer 101-foot platform with 1,000-pound payload capacity, 17-foot, six-inch outrigger spread, and AKRON Stream Master monitor;
- ROM roll-up compartment doors and eight wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders; and
- light and power with an ONAN 10-kw hydraulic generator, four ROM telescoping floodlights (two each behind cab and at rear of platform), one FRC floodlight at front of platform, four ROM spot/floodlights (two each at platform and at base of ladders), and one HANNAY electric cord reel.
>> The Suffern (NY) Fire Department uses this tractor-drawn SEAGRAVE aerial ladder truck to negotiate the town’s narrow streets and access back alleys behind businesses, explains Captain Jeremy Kaufer.
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Features/Equipment:
- TT chassis with 165-inch wheelbase and eight-seat cab with eight-inch raised roof;
- 58½-foot overall length;
- CUMMINS ISM 500-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS automatic transmission;
- 100-foot steel ladder with 250-pound tip load (wet) with 12½-foot outrigger spread;
- AKRON fly section and ELKHART bed section ladderpipes;
- 291 feet of ground ladders;
- two wheel well sleeves for spare SCBA cylinders and two racks of four spare SCBA cylinders on each side;
- HURST rescue tools;
- ZOLL AED; and
- light and power with HARRISON 10-kw hydraulic generator, HONDA one-kw portable generator, seven FRC floodlights (one brow, two telescoping, and four on trailer), three ROM spot/floodlights on ladder (one at the tip), and three HANNAY electric cord reels.
>> The Hustead Fire Department, Enon, Ohio, protects Mad River and Green Township. Chief Bill Young says this ALEXIS pumper/tanker serves a rural area with mostly farmland and also responds on mutual aid.
Features/Equipment:
- PETERBILT 367 chassis with 284-inch wheelbase and two-seat cab;
- CUMMINS ISM 425-hp diesel engine with ALLISON 4000 EVS-P automatic transmission;
- HALE Qmax single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with three crosslays (two 1½ and one 2½-inch) and one deadload;
- PLASTISOL 3,500-gallon water tank with two 2½-inch rear tank fills;
- four-inch tank fill/dump valve at rear;
- two-side 10-inch E.J. METALS dump valves with 22-inch extensions;
- ZICO rack with 3,500-gallon FOL-DA-TANK;
- PLASTISOL glass fiber reinforced polyester body with ROM roll-up compartment doors; and
- six FEDERAL scene lights (two left, right, and rear) on body.
