APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The city of Orange, New Jersey recently purchased two Pierce pumpers. These units were designed with 4-door cabs for firefighter safety and for use as primary attack pumpers, with 5-inch feed lines and seven attack or exposure lines.

According to Chief Gordon Williams, in an urban setting with narrow streets, it is imperative that the first-due pumper be able to carry out attack, rescue, and exposure protection. Orange is an old city, with all of the inherent problems associated with turn-of-thecentury construction and its deteriorated condition.

The pumpers have Pierce Arrow chassis with 178-inch wheelbases. They are powered by Detroit 6V 92TA diesel engines with Allison HT 740D automatic transmissions. They utilize a Waterous two-stage, 1,500-gpm pump and have 750-gallon water tanks. Atop each body is a 3-inch prepiped Akron Apollo heavy stream appliance, four crosslays, and two 500-watt Extendalites. The units each carry 800 feet of 5-inch hose and have nine tool compartments. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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■ The Richmond, Virginia Fire Bureau serves a community of 220,000, which almost doubles during the workday. Richmond is highly industrialized with more than 200 facilities reporting hazardous materials under SARA. The city is intersected by Interstate Highways 95 and 64 and has experienced a steady increase in hazardous materials response since establishing a haz-mat unit in 1983. Their new haz-mat apparatus replaces their 1970 1,500-gpm pumper and is built by Marion Body on a Peterbilt Model 320 tilt cab chassis.

In designing the apparatus, the department’s priorities were an incident command post and resource information area, enclosed dress out area, inside personal protective equipment storage, tool and equipment storage accessible from outside, and absorbent storage, according to Captain Thomas E. Price.

The unit has a 200-inch wheelbase with a 21-foot box, affording a short-turning radius. The raised roof conference/command area in the center of the truck has a removable table and folded seating for four and has 360-degree visibility.

Two personnel can dress standing in the vehicle. Inside individual compartments can store eight Level A suits plus Level B clothing, boots, shields, gloves, and two SCBA. There are eight exterior compartments for tools and equipment, including some with roll-out trays. Other features include an aluminum, diamond-plate reinforced roof on the box, which supports a 200-lb. firefighter without deflection; a 6-kw Onan diesel generator; and four 500-watt telescoping quartz lights.

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■ The city of Escondito, California is 35 square miles with a population of about 100,000. Recently it added two Sutphen pumpers to its fleet.

The pumpers each have a 175-inch wheelbase and two bucket seats within the cabs for computer-aided dispatch equipment, according to Captain Duain Dibble. He also explains that aluminum construction and fiberglass tanks were used to reduce apparatus weight. To facilitate high-volume hoselays, a 4-inch discharge is on the right side of each pumper and additional 1 ½-inch outlets and hose were added in place of booster equipment and reels.

The pumpers have Hale QSMG, single-stage, 1,500-gpm pumps and carry 500 gallons of water. They have a 3-inch prepiped Akron Apollo 1,250-gpm monitor, have a 4-inch front and a 2’/i-inch rear intake, and carry 1,000 feet of 4-inch hose. Each has four 1 Vi-inch attack lines with 1 ¾-inch and I Vi-inch hose. The pumpers also have 10 tool and equipment compartments, a Honda 2.2-kw gasoline generator, portable 500-watt Circle-D floodlights, a portable foam proportioned and a Homelite DM-54 gasoline circular saw.

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■ Morristown, New Jersey has a population of 20,000 that grows to more than 100,000 during business hours. It is comprised of large corporate buildings, old historical buildings, and cultural centers, which causes much congestion most of the day. Chief Jim Egbert points out that maximum maneuverability of a tractor-drawn unit was the department’s need, so this is the third tiller it has purchased over the past 30 years.

The truck, built by Udder Towers, Inc., has a Spartan Monarch tractor that seats six. It has a Detroit 8V 92TA diesel engine and an Allison HT-740 automatic transmission.

The trailer mounts a 110-foot, four-section aerial ladder with an outrigger system that spreads 16 feet. The ladderpipe has a pin system that allows it to be used at the end of the top fly section (pin in) or at the end of the third section (pin out). This allows easier climbing from the ladder when not delivering a heavy stream.

The trailer hits outrigger controls and high transverse side compartments on both sides. The top two and bottom three compartments have roll-out trays. There are a total of 14 tool compartments on the vehicle and the tiller seat is enclosed. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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■ The city of Gastonia, North Carolina is 32 square miles and has a population of 55,000. The department recently placed in service a pumper with 65-foot Telesqurt, bought primarily for its versatility, according to member W.M. Hollar. The unit serves as a first-response pumper, with the Telesqurt as a fast water tower or rescue ladder. It is a mid-price pumper and aerial that can be operated with a minimum of manpower.

The unit has a body built by Grumman mounted on a Pemfab chassis with the model S-9426 cab, which seats five. The Telesqurt is built by Snorkel/Economy and is equipped with a three-section access ladder. At the tip of the boom is a 1,000-gpm Elkhart automatic nozzle, which is fed by two 2 1/2-inch pipes. They are connected to a 3 1/2-inch pipe coming off the Waterous 1,500-gpm, two-stage pump. The tip load capacity is 500 lbs. The outrigger spread to put the boom in service is 11 feet.

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■ The Martin County, Florida Fire/Rescue has had an organized Special Operations Haz-Mat Team for more than 12 years, according to Thomas M. Billington, deputy chief of operations. This team now responds with a new Special Operations Unit, which tows a 12-foot enclosed trailer.

The unit is built by Lynch Display Vans and has an aluminum body with 20-foot loadspace. The total length of the vehicle is 27 feet. The Chevrolet chassis is rated at a GVWR of 22,800 lbs.

The chief explains that the unit is designed as a mobile enclosed command unit, air-conditioned and lighted as a command post. It can house up to five personnel comfortably and has complete communication and computer link capabilities. The rear of the unit is maintained as a resource center and houses various haz-mat equipment and material.

Other features include an Onan 6.5-kw gasoline generator, a 7.25cfm compressor to filter air, a squad bench, a heavy-duty towing package, a command area, and a roof observation deck.

The left and right sides of the vehicle each have two 500-watt telescoping floodlights and two scene lights. Two additional scene lights are mounted at the rear of the body.

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