FIRE ENGINEERING offers William C. Peters’ Final Farewell to a Fallen Firefighter: A Basic Fire Department Funeral Protocol. This 14-page pamphlet outlines the planning and arranging of various details of a fire department funeral. It covers considering the family’s wishes; duties of the funeral home honor guard, the color guard, and the pallbearers; preparing fire apparatus for use as a hearse; arranging processions from the funeral home to the funeral service site and the cemetery; preparing for visiting firefighters; and more. For a copy, send check or money order (no cash) for $2 made out to “Fire Engineering” to: Robert J. Maloney, Fire Engineering, 21-00 Route 208 South, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410.
FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY announced that its Fireman’s Fund HeritageSM program has provided more than $10 million in funding since its inception in 2004. The initiative offers grants to provide needed equipment, training, and community education programs to fire service organizations. Fireman’s Fund employees and its network of independent agents work together to identify needs at local fire departments. Grants average $20,000, but can range from $5,000 to more than $100,000.
Fireman’s Fund has also funded and presented the critically-acclaimed documentary, “Into the Fire,” which profiles the daily trials and triumphs of real-life firefighters. A DVD is also available at www.firemansfund.com/heritage. Funds raised through the sale of the DVD will benefit firefighters and fire service organizations across the country in association with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF). For more information, visit www.firemansfund.com/heritage.
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GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC has provided 16 fire departments across the country special Georgia-Pacific Bucket BrigadeTM grants to support small town and volunteer fire departments in its plant and mill communities. Departments were chosen based on applications explaining departmental needs and how funding would affect local communities. Applicants received grants ranging from $4,000 to $10,000 to use for equipment purchases, turnout gear, training, and community safety education programs. Nearly 60 departments applied for the grants in the program’s first year. Applications for the 2007 Georgia-Pacific Bucket BrigadeTM program will be available May 1, 2007. For more information, visit gpbucketbrigade@gapac.com, www.gp.com.
FSI has appointed Joe Villegas vice president. He will oversee all facets of sales and marketing along with other assigned tasks including territorial responsibilities. Ted Dupaski has been named customer service director and will oversee all internal customer service related functions and have include increased outside sales responsibilities.
SMITHS GROUP PLC, parent of Smiths Detection, and GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to be called SMITHS GE DETECTION. The venture will combine Smiths Detection with GE Homeland Protection to create a global business serving the detection and homeland protection markets. Smiths GE Detection will offer technologies to deliver solutions to meet the rapidly evolving requirements of governments and other customers globally. In combining each parent’s technological capabilities and the research resources available at GE’s Global Research Center, Smiths GE Detection is expected to deliver the next generation of advanced detection and homeland protection equipment worldwide.
PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC. received a five-year, $37.2-million contract with the U.S. Army for 51 Pierce Tactical Fire Fighting Trucks (TFFTs). The vehicles will be delivered for deployment through August 2007. To date, Pierce has supplied 87 TFFTs to the U.S. Army. The versatile TFFT was jointly developed by Pierce and its parent company Oshkosh Truck Corporation as a multifunctional vehicle designed for structural fire protection, wildland firefighting, fuel and ammunition storage protection, and rescue extrication. The TFFT is built on the Oshkosh HEMTT M977 chassis with a 210-inch wheelbase, a Detroit Diesel 445-hp engine, and tandem front and rear axles. It can ford 48 inches of water and climb a 60-percent grade at maximum gross vehicle weight. The firefighting system includes a 1,000-gpm, single-stage pump; Class A and B foam systems; twin 60-gallon foam cells; a 500-gpm roof turret; a 250-gpm bumper turret; a hydraulic generator; and telescoping lights.
Pierce received its first order for six new Pierce Velocity chassis from Eugene (OR) Fire & EMS. The order includes five pumpers and one 100-foot aerial platform, to be delivered beginning in mid-2007. The Velocity chassis features increased interior space; easy-access storage/clutter-control areas in the cab; frontal air bags; forward-mounted mirrors; a one-piece windshield; three wiper blades; and the new PS6TM seat with built-in side roll protection, air suspension, self-adjusting ride height, double-length seat belts, and dual retractors.
