Kids and kids-at-heart gathered on the lawn outside the Spokane Valley Fire Department’s Greenacres Station on Saturday morning, eagerly waiting for a chance to get a look at the department’s new Ladder 10 engine. The engine, an articulated tiller-driver aerial ladder truck with a rear driving position, isn’t in service yet, but that didn’t stop people from climbing inside to take a look, once the open house got underway.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2017 10:50:56 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

 

Atlanta, GA—TenCate Protective Fabrics is debuting a new Website that will make choosing the right firefighter stationwear a simple task just in time for FDIC International 2017. Stationwear.com will allow each consumer to select a variety of options based on what is most important to them—comfort, casual/formal appearance, durability, performance, and style of clothing. 

All garments showcased on the site are inherently flame-resistant. The flame resistance can’t be washed out or worn away because it is built into the fabric. 

“At TenCate, we have always put the safety of firefighters first, and that means protecting them from the skin out,” said Luke Blakey, TenCate’s Senior Director of Sales and Marketing. “This new Website gives them easy access to protection without having to sacrifice comfort or style.”

The Stationwear Selector Tool, a feature of the new site, will lead fire chiefs or station decision-makers through a series of questions to assist in locating the choices that best fit their needs out of the more than 100 different garment options available. Designs from CrewBoss, Workrite FR and DFND are featured.

Firefighters have peace of mind knowing that they are protected by well-known fire resistant fabrics such as Tecasafe STATIONWEAR and TechT4 base layer. COOLDERM Technology is engineered into the fabric and offers active moisture wicking and an evaporative cooling effect, all important for the active lives firefighters lead.

“Firefighters don’t have to worry that their ‘casual blues’ will fade over time,” continued Blakey. “Many products offered through Stationwear.com feature color fast TRUECOLOR Technology allowing the garments to retain a like-new appearance wash after wash.”

Stationwear.com will be live on April 27, 2017. To learn more, visit the Website or stop by the TenCate Protective Fabrics booth #2023 at FDIC.

TenCate Protective Fabrics creates and manufactures inherently flame-resistant textiles for firefighters, utility linemen and electricians, oil and gas workers, military and security; just about anyone who needs protection from fire and thermal events.

In a sometimes-dangerous world, people have trusted these made in America fabrics for more than 90 years. This is why TenCate produces more inherently flame-resistant fabric than anyone else in the world and why more workers who wear PPE, trust TenCate to protect them so they can get to the things that matter most.

Nine families were rushed to safety after their apartment complex burst into flames early Saturday morning. One occupant was transported to Harborview Medical Center with burn injuries, Kathy Cummings with the Kent Fire Department said. A dog died and a cat was rescued, Cummings said. Residents reported two other cats as missing.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2017 3:45:04 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Bronto Skylift, the worldwide leader in high level articulated aerial platforms for firefighting, will be displaying a 291 foot tall, articulated aerial platform at FDIC International 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana April 27 – April 29, 2017.

The Bronto Skylift 291 foot High Level Articulated (HLA) aerial platform has a 291 foot NFPA height, up to 84 feet of side reach, and water flow up to 1000 gpm at full height.  This sturdy but surprisingly compact unit is maneuverable on ordinary streets and provides unmatched access with outstanding stability and a solid feel.

The Bronto can bet set up and reach full height in minutes using the automatic leveling system and Bronto Skylift’s unmatched aerial control system. The Bronto 291 HLA Utilizes two telescopic booms with 158 degrees of articulation between them to reach up and over obstacles, even extending 80 feet horizontally across the top of a 16 story building.  With a maximum platform capacity of 1100 pounds, you don’t have to sacrifice capacity for height and access.  For even more flexibility, the platform can be rotated 50 degrees on each side of the boom to achieve optimal positioning for rescues.

Fire Fighters often buy the Bronto  Skylift F90 HLA because of the height but they find it to be a daily tool because of its reach, not just up, but horizontally and even below grade.

Bronto Skylift has delivered well over 100 aerial platforms with the height of 291 feet or above and more than 7000 articulated aerials of all heights to customers for  firefighting and non-firefighting use worldwide. More than 300 have been delivered to customers in North America.

Come see the 291 foot Bronto Skylift at FDIC in booth 14050 in the South Street display area outside Lucas Oil Stadium.

To find them, just look towards Lucas Oil stadium for the tallest aerial at the FDIC show.

In North America, Bronto Skylift offers aerial platforms in heights from 100 feet to 364 feet.

Bronto Skylift is a division of Morita Holdings Corporation.