By Alan M. Petrillo
North Boston Volunteer Fire Company, located in the northern section of the western New York town of Boston, needed to update its apparatus and formed a truck committee that recommended downsizing the department’s fleet by replacing two engines and a rescue with two rescue-pumpers.
“We built a new fire hall in 2008, and the cost of the station put us behind in our apparatus replacement schedule,” says Gene Wieckowski, North Boston’s truck committee chairman. “We had a 1994 RD Murray pumper that was due to be replaced in 2014, a 1999 RD Murray walk-around rescue that was overdue for replacement, and a 2006 Toyne pumper that was coming due in 2026. So we decided to purchase two identical rescue-pumpers and had Toyne design and build them.”
The North Boston rescue-pumpers each have a Hale QMax 1,500-gpm pump, and an UPF Poly 1,000-gallon water tank.Randy Smalley, sales manager for Tri State Fire Sales and Service, who sold the rigs to North Boston, says the PRV XL rescue-pumpers are built on a Spartan Metro Star ELFD chassis and cab with a 10-inch raised roof and seating for six firefighters, five in self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) seats, powered by a 450-horsepower (hp) Cummins L9 diesel engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. The rescue-pumpers have a Hale QMax 1,500-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pump, an UPF Poly® 1,000-gallon water tank, and a FRC In Control 400 pressure governor.
The all-electronic pump panel on the rescue-pumpers is located in a custom-built roll-out-and down housing in the L2 compartment.“There’s a unique layout on these pumpers because there is no true pump panel,” Smalley points out. “The pump is behind the L1 compartment, and the custom-built slide-out-and-down all-electronic pump control panel is in the L2 compartment. Above the pump there’s a transverse compartment for storage of a Stokes basket and backboards.”
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Posted: Jun 7, 2022
Island County may withdraw from an interlocal agreement with county fire districts after some of them, including two on Whidbey, struggled to maintain the staff necessary to complete the terms of the agreement.
Under the interlocal agreement, four fire departments within Island County perform annual fire safety inspections on behalf of the county in buildings such as businesses, churches, schools, day care facilities and others located on county property to ensure they are in compliance with state and federal codes.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record
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Posted: Jun 7, 2022
An apartment fire that destroyed a six-unit complex on Beach Avenue in Atlantic Beach early Tuesday morning spread to a home that was just 5 feet away, causing severe damage to that home also, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.
JFRD spokesman Capt. Eric Prosswimmer said thankfully no injuries were reported in the multi-unit apartment fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAX-TV CBS 47 Jacksonville
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Posted: Jun 7, 2022
As we prepare for Memorial Weekend 2022 in October we’re looking ahead to next year and the start of a new National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) tradition. Beginning in 2023 Memorial Weekend moves to May.
A combination of weather uncertainties and the frequent threat of an October federal government shutdown is behind the move of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend from its traditional October date.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
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