Firefighters stopped a nearly 900-acre wildfire after two days of work. The fire has been burning along the bluffs overlooking the Columbia River since it was sparked by a passing train Monday afternoon. The blaze tripled in size as state resources were called in to help corral it because it had grown so large.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:42:13 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

SVI Trucks recently added two new apparatus dealers to its dealer network--1st Out Specialty Vehicles & Equipment, located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana Emergency Equipment, located in Youngsville, Louisiana. The two dealers join SVI’s highly selective dealer network, made up of only 25 dealers across the nation that are experts in the custom-build process.

1st Out Specialty Vehicles & Equipment is a firefighter-owned business that specializes in selling and servicing apparatus custom to the fire department’s needs. An authorized Spartan service center, 1st Out offers complete repair for Spartan chassis warranty work, as well as other chassis manufacturers. 1st Out also operates as a DOT inspection station and is equipped to handle fleet maintenance.

Located in Youngsville, Louisiana, and established in 2016, Louisiana Emergency Equipment is owned, operated and staffed by individuals with more than 35 years of experience in the firefighting industry. SVI’s newest dealer prides itself on offering customers excellent products and premium service for an honest, memorable experience. The Louisiana dealer also offers service, repair and warranty work at its service center in nearby Eunice, Louisiana.

Both new dealers will offer SVI’s full line of fire apparatus, including rescue trucks, hazmat units, command vehicles, fire engines, tanker trucks, law enforcement vehicles, and more.

“Our dealer partnerships are very important to us here at SVI Trucks. We know these two dealers are going to be great additions to the SVI Trucks dealer team. They’re definitely some of the best dealers we could ask to partner with,” said Bob Sorenson, Vice President of SVI Trucks Sales.

For SVI Trucks full dealer lineup, visit www.svitrucks.com/find-a-dealer.

SVI Heavy Rescue Units

SVI 1,500/500 Pumper

SVI Trucks to Launch East Coast Demo Truck Route

 

The Village of St. Johnsville (NY) Fire Department has taken delivery of an all-new HME, Ahrens-Fox rescue-pumper. The MFDxl-12 allows for extended head room inside of the cab as well as a medical storage compartment. The pumphouse is home to a Hale Qmax rated at 1,500 gpm and fed by a 900-gallon L-Tank by UPF. The body features a hydraulic Ziamatic Single Pivot Ladder storage system, making room for 170 cubic feet of hosebed storage as well as 200 cubic feet of compartment storage. The rescue-pumper is powered by a 450-hp Cummins ISL9 engine and Allison 3000EVS automatic transmission.

Salesman: Mark Aswad

Dealer: Firehouse Apparatus, Inc

Dealer Location: Locke, NY

Prompted by a federal investigation, the mayor of Akron has put an end to the illegal, off-the-books tracking of overtime in the city’s police and fire departments. For more than 30 years, countless overtime hours — presumably tens of thousands — were often never recorded through the city’s formal payroll process, making it impossible for federal officials to get a true accounting of whether employees were being properly compensated.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal

Baltimore’s revived speed camera system is generating millions more in revenue than what was planned — and city officials now intend to use that money to balance the Fire Department’s budget. The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh, is slated to vote Wednesday to use an extra $4 million generated by speed camera fines — on top of the $8 million in budgeted revenue from them — to help pay unfunded overtime expenses in the Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun