A year after two fires caused more than $20 million in damage to a Yakima fruit-packing supply company, investigators are still trying to find out who did it. “The case is still open,” Jason Chudy, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said of the two August 2018 fires at Fruit Packers Supply on North 16th Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 8:23:53 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

The Yakima Police and Fire departments are praising two vigilant young girls who spotted a duplex fire and alerted their parents Friday afternoon. The girls spotted smoke coming from a duplex in the 600 block of E. Race St at about 12:55 p.m. No one who lives at the duplex was home when the fire started, according to police and Yakima Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 5:10:42 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The Masonic Grand Lodge of Washington plans to lay the cornerstone for Lewis County Fire District 3’s new station on Mossyrock Road East. The event is coordinated by the Robert Morris Lodge in Silver Creek but will include participation from Freemasons all over the state. The public event is scheduled for 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 3:51:21 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Thursday afternoon, Chelan Fire District 1 held a special commissioners meeting to examine the construction bid offered and steps moving forward with the future Station 10 project. By the end of the meeting, the commissioners took Chief Brian Brett’s recommendation to accept the bid from the lowest bidder, T.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2019 10:39:01 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

NESQUEHONING, PA – August 16, 2019 – KME Fire Apparatus, an industry leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, announces the delivery of (12) twelve KME custom pumpers and (2) two KME tractor-drawn aerials (TDA) to Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD).
 
The new trucks will join hundreds of KME apparatus currently in service at the LACoFD. The custom pumpers are built on KME’s Severe Service^TM cab. The Severe Service^TM cab was engineered for heavy-duty use and has been exposed to high-volume calls with over a million miles of real-world testing.

 
The 12 new LACoFD custom pumpers include:

• 96” KME Predator™ Severe Service cab
• 175” wheelbase for tight turning radius
• Cummins X12 500 hp engine and Allison EVS 4000 transmission
• Hale QMax 1500 GPM pump
• Hale Smart Foam system
• Hale CBP250 Auxiliary PTO pump for pump and roll
• 500 gallon stainless steel water tank with 25 gallons of class A foam
• KME lock-n-load hose bed cover, which provides a strong aluminum tread plate working surface that can easily and safely be lifted for hose repacking with a short raised height for operations in low clearance

The two AerialCat^TM Tractor Drawn Aerials feature the following:

• KME Severe Service^TM cab
• Cummins X15 600 hp engine and Allison EVS 4500 transmission
• Waterous S100 2,000 GPM pump
• AerialCat™ 101’ ladder with a 350-gallon water tank
• Equipment capacity of double the NFPA requirement of an aerial ladder
• Integrated hosebed with the capacity of 800’ of 4” hose
• 225’ of wooden ground ladders

The Los Angeles County Fire Authority is supported by REV Fire Group sales and service center in Jurupa Valley, California. This operation offers a robust network of sales, parts, and service to support LA County with both mobile and service center support.

For more information on these units please contact Stephen Carleton at scarleton@kmefire.com or 800-235-3928, your local KME dealer or visit our website at http://kmefire.com/support/dealer-locator.

 

About KME: 

KME is a part of REV Group (NYSE:REVG), a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts and services. KME engineers and custom manufactures a full range of specialty trucks for federal, industrial, commercial, aviation and municipal markets. Additional information on KME can be found at kmefire.com or by emailing to kme@kmefire.com.