By Bill Adams
Often, it’s the brightest, biggest, and newest innovations that catch the attention of trade show attendees. Seldom mentioned and often unnoticed are the small things on apparatus that should perk some interest. They’re features that purchasers may not have considered but perhaps should have. They also could be ones that purchasers might want to avoid when writing purchasing specifications. Some can “make or break” a rig’s performance.
General Truck Body Manufacturing Company displayed a “High Water Rescue” unit on an Acela chassis—appropriate for the beginning of the late summer hurricane season.
A first glance of the hydraulic tailgate at the rear and side access ladders made me wish the US Army 6×6’s in the late 1960s had them! A more practical observation is the gate enhances safe access and egress for firefighters and civilians rescued. Additionally, it allows for quick and easy loading of portable pumps and tools to fight fires when necessary in similar weather and terrain conditions.
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Sutphen—Fort Lauderdale (FL) Fire Department pumper/hazmat. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon water tank; 100-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 2002 5.0 gpm single-agent foam system; Eaton 15-kW inverter; Brigade 360 camera system. Dealer: Guy Lombardo, South Florida Emergency Vehicles, Fort Myers, FL.
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VIDEO: Reno Breathe Bar in Midtown is offering oxygen naps for firefighters in Northern Nevada. It’s a way for the business to say thank you to those battling the fires in our area.
“I just really want to make sure the families and friends of these firefighters know we are open for them whenever we can get them in,” said Amy Burkett, owner of the Breathe Bar.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno
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VIDEO: Michael Silvestri dipped his fingers into the flowing water and made the sign of the cross, from his forehead to his broken heart.
The waters here, in the South Pool of New York City's 9/11 Memorial, are like holy water, he said.
"It's sacred. It's their graves," Silvestri said.
His cross was also a silent prayer for the strength he needed to stand at this memorial for the first time.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Erie Times-News - Metered Site
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Fire departments across Massachusetts face a “daunting” task in replacing the foams they use to fight fires caused by fuels or other flammable liquids, one chief told a task force mulling ways the state can address contamination by a class of chemicals known as PFAS.
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a group of long-lasting, man-made chemicals used for decades in consumer products like non-stick coating and in certain firefighting foams.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield
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