APPARATUS DELIVERIES

APPARATUS DELIVERIES

The population of Onalaska, Wisconsin has virtually doubled within the last five years, and along with the growth has come a flurry of new shopping mini-malls. In April, the Onalaska Fire Department received a Sutphen 65-foot split platform aerial apparatus.

“We really don’t have high-rise buildings here,” says Chief Gary Skogen/’Our main reason to purchase this was to be able to get above the fire at the malls.”

The truck has a 1,500-gpm pump and a 400-gallon fiberglass tank. There are four air tank holders built into the apparatus (two on each side), and air is supplied to the bucket.

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Equipped with four light poles and strips of reflective tape, the City of Santa Barbara’s rescue unit will be easy to see at night.

The city’s fire department received a Marion 17-foot rescue unit in May. The unit has a Mack MC tilt cab chassis; a short wheelbase provides manueverability. Eight exterior body outlets and two electric cord reels allow quick access to run power tools.

An intercom system enables the firefighters sitting in the rear to hear the same information as those riding in the box, says Chief Monroe Rutherford, and the roof is weight-loaded.

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Turnovers of two tanker trucks (each carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline) near Meriden, Ct. convinced the city fire department that it needed to strengthen its foam firefighting capabilities.

Its newest piece of apparatus is designed to do just that. In May, the Meriden Fire Department put into sendee a Ranger custom pumper complete with a 500-gallon polypropylene tank. A Feecon APH-1.5 foam system with a remote manual turret nozzle is being used.

“It gives us a threefold better chance of controlling those fires,” says Deputy Chief Robert Raby.

The apparatus has a Detroit Diesel Model 6V92TA engine and an Allison HT740D automatic transmission.

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