By Alan M. Petrillo
Northfield Volunteer Fire Company put together a truck committee to look into replacing its aging rescue truck with a shorter, more nimble rig that could negotiate the tight residential driveways in the company’s coverage area. The committee developed the specs for the rescue, then spent the next two years researching rescues built by five manufacturers.
Jack Hodges, Northfield fire commissioner and truck committee chair, says Northfield’s previous rescue had a six-seat crew cab, but the new specs called for only five firefighters in the cab, and a shorter wheelbase on a single rear axle, not to exceed 30 feet in overall length. “We went to trade shows and checked out apparatus and the equipment they carried,” Hodges says, “and met with 4 Guys Fire Trucks, Marion Body Works, Spartan Emergency Response, Rosenbauer, and SVI Trucks. We also got the opportunity to drive demos built by all five manufacturers. In the end, we chose to have 4 Guys build our new rescue.”
The driver’s side of the Northfield rescue with compartments open to show equipment mounting. Note the Will-Burt LED light tower deployed.Northfield is an all-volunteer fire company with 41 active firefighters, eight of whom are Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), and includes four junior firefighters, Hodges says. “We are a very rural area that serves as a bedroom community,” he says. “Our district is 12 square miles and covers a population of 2,800 in relatively hilly, wooded country, along with six miles of limited access highway.”
Ryan Crichton, Northfield’s chief, notes the committee’s specs made provisions for a small command area in the crew cab, with a pull-out desk opposite the middle seat. “The cab is set up for five firefighters, with four of them in self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) seats,” Crichton says. “We also needed room for our EMS (emergency medical services) equipment, so there’s a custom cabinet on the officer’s side of the body with a pull-out tray for our equipment. The Office of EMS at the Connecticut Department of Public Health sets the requirements of what we need to carry, which is almost everything on an ambulance except for the gurney.”
Posted: May 23, 2022
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