The Fox Lake Fire Protection District, located in Ingleside, Illinois, recently took delivery of this side-mount Equalizer pumper by Alexis Fire Equipment. The rig is built on a Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis and features a 10-inch raised roof.

Features of the rig include: 

• Cummins ISL9, 380-hp Diesel Engine
• Allison 3000 EVS Automatic Transmission
• Six-person cab seating with five SCBA seats
• Heavy-duty stainless-steel body and subframe
• ROM roll-up compartment doors
• 22” front bumper extension with hose well
• 1,000-gallon tank
• Hale DSD150, 1,500-gpm pump

For more information, visit https://www.alexisfire.com/listings/side-control-equalizer-pumper-2367/.

Rosenbauer offers the Hendrickson Steertek™ NXT 45° cramp angle. It offers three ackermann options: 195" - 225" - 250" wheelbases. Why is this important? If your rear tires don't follow the geometry of the front steering axle your chassis will push or drag the rear tires across the road surface. Losing optimal rear traction, causing significant tire scrub leading to tire damage and early replacement.

For more information, visit www.rosenbaueramerica.com.

The next step in the evolution of the Ahrens-Fox WUI, Wildland Urban Interface - the AF-WUI2, headed for service with the Salem Township Fire Department, in Salem, Michigan. Released to the industry in 2018, the AF-WUI offered departments with mixed environments the perfect balance of Type-1 Interface functionality and Type-3 capability. A high-clearance 4x4 chassis, wide Super-Single tires, hard-top coffin compartments, a clean, flat roof line, two booster reels, ground sweep nozzles we just a few of the features of this versatile woodland urban interface engine. The AF-WUI also introduced the Ahrens-Fox Water Distribution System, designed to save space as well as positioning discharges around the truck. The Salem Township Fire Department created its own version the AF-WUI 2, by lengthening the wheelbase by enlarging the water tank to 700-gallons and adding roll-up doors and speedlays.

For more information, visit www.firetrucks.com.

Signs taped to the entrances of Guerneville’s fire station warn people that it’s risky to step inside — an unusual message for a building dedicated to public safety. It turns out this Russian River firehouse is among an aging group of unreinforced masonry structures in jeopardy of collapse in a major temblor.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

Apopka fire Chief Chuck Carnesale, a part of the Fire Department since 1983 when he was 13 and served as a “student explorer,” announced Wednesday he is retiring. His decision to step down effective Friday followed a city request for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to look into problems with National EMS Billing, a company which held a contract to collect bills from patients treated by the city’s emergency medical service.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel - Metered Site