APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The Beckerle & Company Hose Company, Engine Company 9 of the Danbury, Connecticut Fire Department, recently put in service this Emergency One pumper. Designed to fit into a 1920 firehouse that could not be remodeled, the apparatus is 23 feet, 9 inches long and 102 inches high.

The pumper has a Ford C-8000 tilt cab chassis with seating for six. It has a Hale 1,250-gpm, single-stage pump with LDH discharge on the right side for 5-inch hose, of which 1,100 feet is carried. For defensive operations there is a 4-inch Elkhart “Scorpion” deck gun, which can flow in excess of 1,250 gpm. The vehicle carries 500 gallons of water in a Poly-Pro tank, has three 1 3/4-inch preconnects as well as one 2 1/2-inch preconnect, and carries 550 feet of 3-inch hose.

Lieutenant David Forneli states that the size of the pumper allows it to fit easily into alleys, railroad yards, and other congested areas of the district.

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The Portage, Wisconsin Fire Department serves a population of 14,000 within 170 square miles. This includes the townships of Pacific, Caledonia, Lewiston, and Fort Winnebago. Their new Seagrave pumper was designed with safety, ease of operation, quick to set capability, and efficiency in mind, according to Fire Chief Rick Trevaskis.

The pumper features a 4-door, J-model cab with sound insulation and seating for seven. All positions are belted. Other provisions include a top-mounted pump panel for a Waterous CM, two-stage, 1,500-gpm pump. It has a hydraulic ladder rack that takes the ladders up and away, eliminating the hazard of personnel running into the rear of them and allowing for high compartments on both sides of the vehicle. There are a total of nine compartments on the vehicle, which has a 211-inch wheelbase.

The water tank holds 750 gallons; there’s also a 30-gallon on-board foam tank with an Akron 95-gpm foam system prepiped to a 1 3/4-inch crosslay. There is a similar crosslay along with two rear 2 1/2-inch attack lines. An Elkhart “Stinger” appliance with 750-gpm nozzle feeds directly from the pump. It has a 4-inch discharge, 1,200 feet of 4-inch hose, and two 50-foot lengths of 4-inch hose preconnected to

piston intake valves stored on running board trays A booster reel with “Dutch Door” is rear-mounted.

The unit also has a 4,400-watt Voltmaster gasoline generator and carries two 500-watt telescoping quartz floodlights. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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With two aerial ladders, the Elizabeth, New Jersey Fire Department felt the need for an articulated boom for its third truck company, according to Captain Robert Peleczny. Their new Bronto Skylift platform, built in Finland, is a second-generation articulated platform and is the first of its kind delivered to an American fire department, he adds.

The unit is mounted on a Pemfab Sovereign chassis with a 4-door cab and seating for seven personnel. The body is built by Anderson Engineering and has 11 tool and equipment compartments. This was also the first Bronto apparatus built with ground ladder storage.

The apparatus has an 88-foot working height and it is about 92 feet to the top of the platform. Captain Peleczny says the third boom allows for good positioning such as on roofs over parapets. It has an outrigger spread of 16 feet and a 900-lb. payload rating. An Akron electrohydraulic monitor is mounted on the platform equipped with a 1,000-gpm nozzle and fed by a 4-inch rear intake at street level. An 800-lb. winch is also mounted on the boom.

The truck has a 248-inch wheelbase, carries a Harrison 6-kw generator, and has four 500-watt quartz floodlights. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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■ The Nashville, Tennessee Fire Department has the second oldest hazardous-materials team in the country, according to Deputy Chief Glyn A. DeVault. The addition of two high-volume foam tanker/ pumpers will allow Nashville to respond to tanker accidents that occur within its 533-square-mile jurisdiction, which includes four major interstate systems, 17 fuel tank farms, and a major waterway. Nashville is also the hub for American Airlines and has several hundred flights arriving and departing daily.

“With these powerful tools,” says DeVault, “we believe our haz-

mat containment and control efforts will be greatly enhanced. These vehicles also will be utilized as ‘Super Pumpers’ for high volume and quick knockdown of large structural fires.”

The two foam tanker/pumpers are built by Ward 79 Ltd. and are mounted on Mack R688FCs chassis. The units each have a Hale, single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump plus a 2000-gpm positive-pressure foam pump and pressurized induction system.

F.ach vehicle carries 2,000 gallons of foam concentrate divided into two tanks and has a prepiped 1,500-gpm heavy stream appliance. Fight 2 1/2 discharges and a 3-inch pipe to feed the gun are on each pump. The vehicles have six tool and equipment compartments and earn 1,000 feet of 4-inch hose.

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■ The city’ of Sharonvillc, Ohio is situated about 15 miles north of Cincinnati. Within its 10 square miles it has a work population of 32.850 and 15,000 residents. Besides industrial and commercial buildings there are 3,670 single-family dwellings, 17 apartment complexes, and 17 motels.

Assistant Chief Walt Hoppe savs that safety was the primarx concern in the designing of their new Sutphen pumper. The custom tilt cab with sliding rear door provides enclosed seating for six. The top-mount pump panel keeps the operator out of traffic.

The pumper has a 200-inch wheelbase and 10 compartments in its body. On the body is a 6-kw Onan diesel generator and four 1,000watt Kwik Raze floodlights.

It has a Hale QSMG, 2,000-gpm, single-stage pump with a 4 1/2-inch intake on each side of the vehicle and two 4 1/2-inch discharges. The transverse trays under the pump panel are fed by piping for one 2 1/2-inch. two 1-3/4 inch, and one 1-inch hoses. The unit has a 3-inch pipe feeding a 1,000-gpm Elkhart “Stinger” appliance, carries 1,000 feet of 5-inch hose, and has a 500-gallon water tank and a 100-gallon foam tank.

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■ Lake City, Minnesota has a population of more than 4,500. The fire department also has rural protection contracts with surrounding townships.

“Our primary concern was having a unit that was easy to drive and maneuver,” says member Bob Kemp. “At most rural incidents there are never large areas to turn around in so we wanted a relatively short vehicle and opted for a set-back front axle.” Spring road restrictions and soft gravel roads were also a concern.

The tanker, built by Custom Fire Apparatus on a Ford model LS 8000 chassis, has a 179-inch wheelbase. It carries 1,650 gallons of water and has two portable Gorman Rupp pumps. One 10-inch dump valve is at the rear of the vehicle and another is folded into the driverside rear of the body. The body is fully compartmented.

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Paul Dansbach and Glenn Corbett

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