The Washington Township, Buck Creek (IN) Fire Department designed this ALEXIS rescue truck to respond to mutual aid calls and serve as a rehab area during extended operations, says Chief Nick Wagner. Locally, the unit responds to all structure and motor vehicle accident calls and is second out to all medical calls.
Features/Equipment:
SPARTANMetro Star MFD chassis with a 194-inch wheelbase and 20-inch raised roof cab with six seats;
CUMMINSISL 9 380-hp diesel engine;
18-foot nonwalk-in body with ROMroll-up compartment doors;
oil-absorbent hopper in upper compartment;
transverse Stokes and backboard compartment;
triple spare SCBA cylinder sleeves and two hand extinguisher sleeves in wheel wells;
body storage for eight spare SCBA cylinders;
six-bottle 6,000-psi air cascade system;
three EMS compartments;
NORCOLDrefrigerator;
HURSTrescue tools;
WARNfive-ton portable winch with front and rear REESEhitch/winch receivers and two winch points, one on each side of the rear wheels;
CMWhydraulic and air reels;
CARDIAC SCIENCEAED;
BRIGADE BACKEYE360° camera system; and
light and power with a SMART POWER10-kw hydraulic generator, COMMAND LIGHTKnight 2 tower, WHELENand FRCscene lighting, and two AKRONelectric cord reels.
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The Bremerton (WA) Fire Department responds with this ROSENBAUER platform as a ladder company with pump capabilities to all fire, rescue, emergency medical services, and any other type emergencies, says Interim Chief Patrick McGanney.
Features/Equipment:
Commander chassis with a 245-inch wheelbase and four-seat cab;
side compartments on cab between doors for medical equipment;
CUMMINSISX 15 525-hp diesel engine;
ROSENBAUERN55 single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with five-inch front intake, one 1½-inch front bumper line, and four 1¾-inch crosslays;
UPF300-gallon water tank;
Cobra 104-foot platform with 17-foot, six-inch outrigger spread, 1,000-pound dry and 500-pound wet payloads, and a TFTTyphoon RC monitor;
smart aerial technology;
wireless remote aerial operation;
AMDORroll-up compartment doors;
HURSTrescue tools;
PHYSIO CONTROLAED; and
light and power with a HONDA4½-kw portable, gasoline-driven generator and WHELENscene lights.
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The Stafford Fire Co. 1 (Stafford Springs, Connecticut) uses this 4 GUYS FIRE TRUCKS unit as a squad, a rescue pumper, and for mutual aid. Chief David Lucia says the department calls it “One big tool box with water and foam.”
Features/Equipment:
SPARTANMetro Star chassis with a 207-inch wheelbase and 10-inch raised-roof cab with six seats and a medical cabinet;
CUMMINSL9 450-hp diesel engine;
HALEDSD single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with a six-inch front intake, two-inch front bumper line, two 1¾-inch crosslays, and one rear 2½-inch discharge;
ELKHARTRam XD hand monitor;
UPF1,000-gallon water and 20-gallon Class A foam tanks;
ROMroll-up compartment doors and added storage above the pump panel and on top of the body;
oil absorbent hopper;
four-bottle 6,000-psi air cascade system;
WARN4½-ton portable winch with two receivers;
ONSPOTtire chains;
ASAVoyager backup camera;
HOLMATROrescue tools with air reel;
PHYSIO CONTROLAED; and
light and power with a HARRISON15-kw hydraulic generator, WILL BURTlight tower, WHELENscene lights, and two HANNAYelectric cord reels.