APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Lebanon (OR) Fire District has placed in service two frontmount pumpers built by Western States on White-GMC-Autocar conventional chassis. Fire Chief Larry A. Arnold says that his department covers an area of about 156 square miles with a population of 35,000. It serves both city and rural areas.

“We designed our new pumpers to cope with both structural as well as wildland fires in hydranted and nonhydranted areas,” says the chief. “We wanted something that would last 25 to 30 years whileproviding the most up-to-date safety features for our personnel.” He adds that these rigs have excellent visibility for moving in and out of traffic and a braking system that will stop the vehicle at 65 mph in 172 feet. The pumpers weigh 33,000 lbs. each, and the 4-door cabs have seating lor five—all seats face forward. The pumpers have a wheelbase of 220 inches.

The front-mounted pump is an American-Godlva, model LA, 1,250-gpm. single-stage with a 6-inch front intake and five 2 ½-inch front discharges. There are three 1 Vi-inch preconnects—two in a crosslay and one at the rear.

The units have a prepiped Elkhart Stinger appliance with a 1,250gpm nozzle, carry 1,000 gallons of water and a 30-gallon foam tank, and have pump-and-roll capability. The pumper bodies have 15 tool and equipment compartments and carry 1,000 feet of 5-inch and 600 feet of 3-inch hose. Lighting equipment includes two banks of 1.500watt Federal Night Fighter spot/floodlights and a Honda 2.2-kw gasoline generator.

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Louisville. Kentucky s Engine 10 is operating this Seagrave pumper, which was designed with ladder storage under the hosebed to allow high side compartments on both sides of the vehicle, according to Shop Superintendent Paul I Hawk.

Hawk states that the pumper was designed to provide more inside storage of equipment. The 10 body compartments have adjustable shelving, which he says allows storage of equipment of varying shapes and sizes in a more practical way.

The pumper has a 4-door cab with air-conditioning and has a wheelbase of 193 inches. It has a Waterous CML, two-stage. 1,000gpm pump. 5-inch front and rear intakes, and a 2 ‘/cinch discharge to a front bumper compartment for a 1 /i-inch attack line. The department has found this to be of great value when more than a booster line is needed.

The pumper carries 500 gallons of water and features an Elkhart Model 40, 3-inch reliefrdump valve. A 3-inch pipe from the pump feeds an Akron Apollo monitor.

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Sulfern ( N’T’ ) Hook it Ladder Company No. 1 has placed in service a rescue/equipment carrier built by Saulsbury mounted on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a 186-inch wheelbase and featuring a 10-seat Super-Command cab with walk-thru to the truck body.

Suffcrn is about three square miles with a population of 14,000. It has several large companies in the town plus a Conrail yard and Salvation Army Training School.

Former Captain Robert B. Arena says that the vehicle was designed to handle any situation they might encounter. They took about 1 ½ years to plan the unit and talked with various builders as well as traveled to other departments.

Arena states that they tried to use all available space on the truck. They had a 12-kw Onan Diesel generator mounted across the rear of the truck, figuring that a rear door was not needed due to the command cab: this also allows the driver to know at all times when someone is entering/exiting the vehicle. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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