The Williamstown (MA) Fire Department recently held a christening for the first new tanker in its history, reports BerkshireEagle.com.
Tankers from Adams, Clarksburg, Hancock, New Ashford and North Adams, as well as Pownal, Pownal Valley and Stamford in Vermont, lined up at Spruces Park to take turns pumping water from their tanker into a Fol-Da-Tank next to Williamstown’s new apparatus.
The tanker, which came from Ohio and cost $369,000, holds 2,600 gallons of water and is equipped with two Fol-Da-Tanks and a ladder.
According to officials, the 2021 tanker features a Cummins engine, Allison transmission, and Power Take-Off-driven standard pumps with a regular side pump and one in the back. The pump does not pump through the transmission, like other trucks. It dumps water in 30 seconds and takes 2½ minutes to fill. It uses a vacuum system, as opposed to a gravity dumping tank.
Before acquiring the tanker, the department had to rely on mutual aid from area departments, which could take upwards of 20 additional minutes, officials say. The tanker will be available for mutual aid to other departments in the county.
All photos via www.facebook.com/WilliamstownMaFireDept/
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Posted: May 27, 2021
Clark-Cowlitz (WA) Fire Rescue (CCFR) Tuesday put a new engine into service at Woodland’s Station 29—the first of four new engines the department will receive over the next 15 months, reports ClarkCountyToday.com. Three were purchased by the fire district, and one was purchased for CCFR by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe via a FEMA grant.
The new apparatus has a 730-gallon water tank, pumps 1,500 gallons of water per minute, has 20 gallons of foam for flammable liquid fires, three different-sized ladders, and more than 2,500 feet of fire hose.
In addition, the new engine carries Advanced Life Support (ALS) medical equipment to treat patients experiencing a medical emergency. It also carries powerful hydraulic tools for cutting apart vehicles involved in serious crashes.
It took a committee of five officers and firefighters more than a year to write the specifications and design the engine. It was built over 10 months by Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisc.
The new engine’s predecessor will be placed in reserve status, and CCFR will sell the District’s most worn-out reserve fire engine.
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Posted: May 27, 2021
According to Benton County Deputies, and Benton County Fire District crews, the home was burned to the ground.
A person of interest is reportedly being sought by Benton County Deputies after a house fire burned through an unoccupied building.
Around 9PM Wednesday night, Deputies and Fire crews responded to the blaze on North Schumcher PR Road near Benton City.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 10:52:24 AM - SOURCE: KFLD-AM 870
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