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Posted: Oct 14, 2016

Designing the Next Fire Engine

By Chris Capone Beyond responding to fire alarms, running across campus and quickly rushing out of Alliot. St. Michael's Fire and Rescue (SMCFR) is also are in-charge of maintaining and ordering new equipment and supplies to run an effective fire department. St. Michael's Fire and Rescue has recently invested in...
St. Michael’s Fire and Rescue has recently invested in a new fire engine. It will be arriving on campus in spring of 2017. When making a purchase this large you can not go to the local dealership and pick one up. Months of planning, designing, drafting and perfecting the design of the truck. The truck was customized to fit the needs of SMCFR. A group was formed almost year ago to handle this endeavor.

After 16 years of use and over 115,000 miles, Engine 8 will be replaced by a new and custom-designed fire engine. In the fall of 2015, a team of seven students (Frank Webers, Andrew Brown, Dan Rathbone, Kyle Wentzel, Brian Eldridge, Zac Minor, and Colin Ebneth) were tasked with reaching out to dealers and finding the best company for the new fire engine. In addition to reaching out to dealers, the team researched and contacted other fire departments in the area to find the right truck for SMCFR. After narrowing down the options they found that E-ONE, located in Ocala, FL, was the best company to meet their needs. Shortly after they made the decision to go with E-ONE they started a slow and detailed process of customizing every aspect of the truck.

We go “methodically through [plans] so we could lay out the best options for us,” said Erik Haversang ’11, Fire Battalion Chief when asked about how the truck was designed.
St. Michael’s Fire and Rescue is an independent operation from St. Michael’s College. They only bear the name of the college and provide a opportunity for students to serve and help the community.

The Board of Directors for SMCFR approved a budget of $510,000 for the purchase of the truck. This money comes from the revenue generated by the ambulance billing. The purchase of the truck will use all $510,000 of the allocated budget. With the budget approved it was time to find a new fire truck for the department.
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Posted: Oct 14, 2016

St. George to Get 4 New Fire Trucks

(KUTV) The St. George Fire Department is about to get some new $2 million "toys," with four upgraded and more efficient fire trucks.Currently, the department has eight front-line engines, three reserve engines, and two ladders but some of those trucks are

"They've outgrown our usefulness for our department," said Chief Robert Stoker with St. George Fire Department. That’s why the city has four apparatuses on order, the first truck is a ladder, used in aerial assaults on fires and the other three trucks are engines, used to pump water from hydrants.

"The last twenty years or so we've taken on a lot of different disciplines, such as hazardous materials response, medical response, traffic accidents," Stoker said. The new vehicles will have 40 percent more space than the older engines in the fleet.

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Posted: Oct 14, 2016

Fire Truck Reaches 12 Stories High

Sharonville has bought a fire truck that reaches new heights. Called a quint, the fire truck serves a dual purpose as a ladder truck. This one reaches higher than any other in the Cincinnati area, according to interim Fire Chief John Mackey. The ladder reaches 125 feet, or about 12 stories.

The ladder reaches 125 feet, or about 12 stories. Sharonville has two 13-story buildings, the Ramada Plaza and Clarion Hotel, as well as the 12-story Spectrum Office Tower.

The new truck will replace a 20-year-old fire truck with a bucket and 95-foot reach. The older vehicle is for sale.

The 125-foot fire truck was custom made in Nebraska. With a $1.2 million price tag, the project took 18 months to complete.

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Posted: Oct 14, 2016

McKownville Fire Department Proposes $3M Renovation

GUILDERLAND - Residents of McKownville will vote on Tuesday in a special election on whether to approve a $3,231,000 renovation of their firehouse. Voting will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the firehouse at 1250 Western Ave. The proposed renovation to the 49-year-old building would more than double its square footage, vertically, with the addition of a second floor.

The changes proposed will mean greater safety for the all-volunteer firefighters, said James White, a commissioner of the McKownville Fire District. Now, he said, the fire trucks vie for space with the firefighters’ personal-equipment lockers. “We’ve had trucks back into the lockers,” he said. “It’s a situation we feel we have to change.”

Eight fire departments provide coverage for the town of Guilderland; five of them, including McKownville, serve districts that lie entirely within the town. The McKownville, Westmere, and Guilderland firehouses are on Route 20, located within a four-and-a-half mile stretch. The combined budget for the fire departments serving Guilderland, a town with about 35,000 residents, totals about $3 million annually.

The building has gone through multiple makeovers but has now gotten to the point where it no longer meets the needs of a modern fire station, the five commissioners wrote in a letter to fire-district residents. More space is needed to meet the expanded federal and state requirements for firefighting equipment, and the building’s footprint cannot be substantially enlarged, they wrote.

White said that a bond provider has not yet been secured, but the $3,231,000 figure is “what we hope to get.”

The existing firehouse is 6,338 square feet. 

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Posted: Oct 14, 2016

Ocala (FL) Welcome’s New Fire Truck

OCALA, FL—After weeks of preparation, and a yearlong wait, Ocala (FL) Fire Rescue (OFR) welcomed its 100-foot platform last night during a “push-in” ceremony. Elected officials, community members, firefighters, and local media gathered at Fire Station #1 to witness history in the making as OFR welcomed the department’s fourth ever tower truck.

The ceremony, which began with a presentation of colors by OFR’s honor guard, included a brief address by Fire Chief Bradd Clark, who spoke of the fire truck’s features, the design process, and the overall history behind the traditional ceremony. The pushing in of the truck, proceeded.

Having completed the age-old tradition, dating back to the times when horse-drawn steam engines had to be pushed back into the station by firefighters after a call, Tower One was announced to be officially in service. Completing an inaugural lap around Tuscawilla Park, Tower One returned to Station #1 to a warm welcome from those in attendance. The excitement of the night peeked after fascinated community members witnessed the magnitude of the ladder capabilities, and increased further more once the apparatus tours and photo opportunities took place.

“The purpose of this ceremony was to share the excitement of this valuable piece of equipment with the community which we serve. There simply could not have been a better measure of success than the support exhibited by everyone in attendance”, said Public Information Officer Ashley Lopez.

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