Whitfield County is bringing the first ladder truck home to the Georgia county in the last 30 years. The department added grab bars to the front of the cab to make cleaning the windshield easier and safer, a rear backup camera and right side camera, boom support compartments directly behind the cab, and three winch receivers under the front bumper extension.

Chassis

• Arrow XT chassis
• Front Axle: TAK-4® independent front suspension, 24,000 lb
• Rear Axle: Meritor RS30-185 rear suspension, 33,500 lb
• GVW Rating: 57,500 lb • Frame Rails: 13.38”
• Engine: Cummins ISX15, 550 hp, 1850 torque
• Transmission: Allison EVS 4500 • Wheelbase: 235”
• Overall Height: 11’ – 3”
• Overall Length: 36’ – 5”
• 4-person cab seating capacity • Bumper: 19” extended
• Command Zone™ advanced electronics system

Body and Aerial Device

• Aluminum body
• AMDOR roll-up doors 
• Adjustable shelves, 500 Ib capacity
• 75’ heavy duty ladder
• Tank: 500 gallons
• Pump: Waterous CSU, 2000 gpm, single stage
• 8 kW Harrison hydraulic generator
• Pierce Control Zone™
• Valves: Akron 8900 Series

HME Pumper, Danbury Volunteer Fire Department, Danbury, New Hampshire. Built on a custom HME Ahrens-Fox 1871 SFO® Chassis, this corrosion-resistant, stainless steel pumper features a 96-inch wide cab, with flat roof, ISL9 370-hp engine, HME Hydra Technology™ with 1500-gpm rating, 1370-gallon water tank, Class A Foam System, and more.

Two people escaped without injuries but were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for treatment for possible smoke inhalation after a fire that damaged a Centralia home Monday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on Monday, crews from the Riverside Fire Authority responded to a report of a fire in the 800 block of J Street.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 3:12:15 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Talk about narrow escapes. Rescuers managed to squeeze a fall victim out of an O'Hara Township water tower through what amounts to a large wire and tubing conduit. The man, who was part of a cleaning crew preparing the tower for painting, tumbled 35 to 40 feet into the tank when his scaffolding failed, according to officials.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

To better understand what impacts the fire service may see from a Trump administration and Republican controlled Congress, we reached out to several key fire service leaders for their perspectives. We asked them to identify what they saw as the biggest opportunities and threats the coming year will bring.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com