Yakima County Fire District 5 covers 800 square miles and serves more than 36,000 people, responding to an average of 2,700 calls per year. “We believe it is critical for our community to understand how we are funded. We are partners in this effort to protect and save lives and we are grateful for the support," said Fire Chief Ken Shipman.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDU-TV NBC 25 Richland

City Manager Jessi Bon has issued a letter to the community regarding her office’s recommendation that the city begin exploring the adoption of a regional fire services model. Bon will bring the proposal to the table at the April 4 regular city council meeting and ask for council’s approval to seek further extensive collaboration with the city of Bellevue and Eastside Fire & Rescue.
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Students and staff evacuated Kopachuck Middle School after a fire around 10:30 a.m. Friday. After a surge protector caught fire in an electrical panel near the 300 wing of the building, the smoke caused fire alarms to go off, Danielle Chastaine, Digital Media Coordinator for Peninsula School District, told the Gateway.
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The Fort Dodge City Council is getting ready to borrow about $14.5 million to pay for various projects and purchases, messengernews.net reported.

That money will be secured by issuing general obligation bonds that will be issued in June, the report said.

The general obligation bond issue debt will be paid off over a number of years with revenue from property taxes, the stormwater utility fee, the hotel/motel tax and tax increment financing, according to the report.

The fire department items to be paid for with the upcoming bond issue include:

• $800,000 for the recently delivered new fire engine.

• $700,000 for ongoing renovations at the firehouse.

By Alan M. Petrillo

Rosenbauer is developing a new “e” platform for its Panther ARFF (aircraft rescue and firefighting) truck that uses similar components with its current Panther ARFF truck and its RTX electric pumper.

“The major difference between the two is that the requirements for an ARFF truck are much more stringent in terms of performance,” says Philipp Platzl, Rosenbauer’s global product manager airport vehicles. “In the process of electrifying the current Panther generation, there’s no major difference in most of the systems, where it has the same cabin concept, axles, and pumping systems. We want to deliver a truck that can be charged up to 300-kilwowatts which are emission free.”

Duane Kann, Rosenbauer’s ARFF regional sales manager, says the Panther electric will have an Energy Backup System onboard, powered by a diesel engine like an APU (auxiliary power unit), that can be used as a booster to increase or extend energy in the entire system. “The Energy Backup System automatically engages when the battery is low enough to need the charge, but the truck is still always powered by batteries.”

The Panther electric will be built on the Rosenbauer Panther 6×6 chassis and cab that currently has tubular chassis frame rails, a high performance coil spring suspension, differential locks on the axles, with a fully-loaded top speed of approximately 70-mph and a fully-loaded acceleration of zero to 50-mph in 35 seconds. Kann notes, “The Panther electric will exceed both of these parameters, especially if the EBU (Energy Backup System) is engaged by the driver for an added power boost.”

The Panther electric will have a Rosenbauer N80 2,100-gallon per minute (gpm) pump, a 3,170-gallon water tank, a 400-gallon foam tank, a 500-pound dry chemical and/or Halotron system, a Rosenbauer RM35 turret with HydroChem, a single or twin-agent booster reel, preconnected hand lines, a windshield deluge system, and an automatic foam selection of 1% through 9%.

Panther electric 6×6 options will include a 6-kW to 15-kW power generator, multiple scene lighting configurations, an auxiliary air compressor,  tire pressure monitoring system, various slide-out shelves, a high pressure water pump, driver enhanced vision systems, a rear steer and an Electronic Stability Control system.

Kann says Rosenbauer plans on building a small number of Panther Electric ARFF trucks that will be partnered with key customers around the world.

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