Menu

WFC News

Posted: Jun 22, 2017

Coxreels® Introduces a Product Enhancement for the 1¼-Inch and 1½-Inch SLPL Spring-Driven Models

Coxreels Ehancement

Coxreels introduced a product enhancement to the spring-driven 1¼-inch and 1½-inch SLPL models. Prior to this update, these models of the SLPL came standard with Coxreels’ aluminum inline swivel. Optional on all of these models was the outsourced 90° swivel. For customers needing a stainless steel fluid path, the outsourced 90° stainless steel swivel was the only option.

Coxreels eliminated the aluminum inline swivel on five SLPL models (725, 750, 825, 835, and 850) and incorporated a nickel-plated steel inline swivel (from the 1185-Series). This swivel increases the pressure rating of the inline plumbing from 250psi to 1500psi. The nickel plated steel is also far more rugged and durable than the aluminum swivel that it replaces. The new swivel includes Coxreels multi-lobe seals for much improved leak integrity.

The new inline swivel is also available in stainless steel, which gives customers a choice with their stainless steel fluid path requirements. The stainless steel inline swivel fluid path is considerably more cost-effective than the 90° swivel stainless steel fluid path. The inline swivel also boasts a more efficient, less restrictive flow path than the 90° swivel.

The axle plumbing in both standard carbon steel models and optional stainless steel models was upgraded as well. The 135° elbow on the axle riser has been replaced with the Coxreels swept riser design (also from the 1185-Series). The swept riser design offers a less restrictive flow path for improved flow efficiency.

Coxreels® has remained steadfast and focused on manufacturing high quality, industrial grade hose, cord, and cable reels with leading industry innovation since 1923. Offering a full product line serving the industry in every channel and application, Coxreels® takes great pride in designing, building, and supporting each and every product made exclusively in the U.S.A.

For further information on Coxreels® SLPL spring-driven models, contact Customer Service at (800) 269-7335 or visit www.coxreels.com.

Read more
Posted: Jun 22, 2017

Lake Stevens Donates Surplus Fire Truck to Hat Island

You must sign in or register to continue reading content. Sue Brauch entered the workforce 60 years ago, at 15, behind the... EVERETT - Boeing released more details Tuesday about a potential new airplane... OLYMPIA - An exchange between the chief House and Senate budget writers...

A 1991 Darley Pumper truck is being prepared for its future home on Hat Island. The island is in Possession Sound between Everett and Whidbey Island. It has a small year-round population as well as a number of weekend and summer homes.


Its fire department has an annual budget of around $70,000. Most of that goes toward insurance, training, equipment and maintenance, Fire Chief Michael Worthy said.


Read more
Posted: Jun 22, 2017

Traditional Detroit Firetruck from 1937 Will Carry Fallen Fire Chief

COMSTOCK, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Comstock Fire Chief Ed Switalski will ride in a firetruck that is decades old, is steeped in tradition, and has been driven many miles to be the vehicle to carry his body to his final rest.Detroit Fire Captain Arn Nowicki

The rig is made from two separate 1937 fire engines and took 10 years to refurbish after it was donated to the Detroit Firemen's Fund.


Nowicki said, 'The front half was destroyed on one and the back half was destroyed on the second so we married them together."


Two engines brought together that will lead hundreds of men brought together by a brotherhood.


Read more
Posted: Jun 22, 2017

Old Fire Truck to Retire As New One Arrives

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The transition to a new fire engine has begun at the Coldwater Fire Department. The department received its new Seagrave Engine 3 Tuesday. That means the ALF Engine 3 will only remain in its current reserve status until the new Engine is up and running.

The ALF Engine 3 will only remain in its current reserve status until the new Engine is up and running.


The old engine has served Coldwater for 27 years but it has shown its age in recent years.


According to a post on the fire department’s Facebook page, the department has been unable to find replacement parts and the ALF has failed its last couple of pump tests.


Read more
Posted: Jun 22, 2017

NY Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Cancer Coverage for Volunteer Firefighters

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A bill granting cancer coverage to the state's more than 110,000 volunteer firefighters has passed both chambers of the New York State Legislature. It's now on its way to the desk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and the state firemen's association has urged him to sign it "without delay."

The bill would give $25,000 to volunteer firefighters who contract types of cancer including melanoma, digestive, hematological, lymphatic, urinary, prostate, neurological, breast and reproductive.


If a firefighter is unable to work due to illness, the bill grants firefighters 36 months of $1,500 in disability benefits.


And if a firefighter dies, the bill provides a $50,000 benefit to the firefighter's family.


Currently, volunteer firefighters are not afforded disability or health protections except through the Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law, which provides a maximum of $600 a month in disability benefits, according to the bill's introductory memo.


Local fire departments, districts or municipalities will pay for the expanded benefits, according to the legislators who sponsored the bill, Sen. Joseph Griffo (R-Rome) and Anthony Brindisi (D-Utica). 


Read more
RSS
First57965797579857995801580358045805Last

Theme picker

Search News Articles