Connecticut
4 Guys Fire Trucks-Durham Volunteer Fire Company, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; 40-gallon foam cell; Hale Qmax 1,750-gpm pump; Hale FoamLogix Class A foam system; Harrison 5-kW generator. Sold by Jon Cares, Granite Fire Apparatus Inc., Pelham, NH. Delivery in December.
4 Guys Fire Trucks-Crystal Lake Volunteer Fire Department, tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 3,000-gallon elliptical tank; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pump; three Newton 10-inch dump valves. Sold by Jon Cares, Granite Fire Apparatus Inc., Pelham, NH. Delivery in November.
4 Guys Fire Trucks-Stafford Fire Department #1, rescue-pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; 10-gallon foam cell; Hale FoamLogix 2.1 single-agent foam system; Harrison 15-kW generator. Sold by Jon Cares, Granite Fire Apparatus Inc., Pelham, NH. Delivery in December.
4 Guys Fire Trucks-West Stafford Fire Department, tanker. Kenworth T800 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSYCX 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 3,000-gallon elliptical tank; three Newton 10-inch dump valves. Sold by Jon Cares, Granite Fire Apparatus Inc., Pelham, NH. Delivery in November.
Illinois
Alexis-Alexis Fire Protection District, top-mount pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Waterous CXS 1,250-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon Pro Poly polypropylene tank. Sold by K. Jeffrey Morris, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL. Delivery in February 2017.
Pierce-Village of Clarendon Hills Fire Department, heavy-duty rescue. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; Will-Burt POW X NS6.0 light tower; Harrison 20-kW generator; 15-foot walk-around rescue body. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Vehicles, Aurora, IL. Delivery in July 2017.
Ferrara-Downers Grove Fire Department, MVP pumper. Igniter cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon tank; Command Light KL-415D-FS light tower; Harrison 6-kW generator. Sold by Bill Neuner, AEC Fire & Safety, Springfield, IL. Delivery in January 2017.
Ferrara-East Alton Fire Department, custom side-mount pumper. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Waterous CS 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; Sold by Michael Douglas, AEC Fire & Safety, Springfield, IL. Delivery in January 2017.
Toyne-Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District, pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale QflowPlus 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 3,500-gallon tank. Sold by Nick Dinges, Illinois Fire Store, Amboy, IL. Delivery in November.
Alexis-Village of Morton Fire Department, tanker. Kenworth T300 two-door cab and chassis; Paccar PX9 330-hp engine; Darley HM 500-gpm pump; 2,000-gallon APR polypropylene tank. Sold by Stan Froelich, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL. Delivery in February 2017.
Indiana
Pierce-Fort Wayne Fire Department, three pumpers. Saber FR cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 370-hp engines; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks; 30-gallon foam cells; Elkhart eductor 240-95P Class B foam systems. Sold by Garry Davis, Global Emergency Products, Whitestown, IN. Delivery in December.
Pierce-Greenwood Fire Department, pumper. Velocity cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon tank; Whelen CL Shadow SL442D light tower. Sold by Garry Davis, Global Emergency Products, Whitestown, IN. Delivery in October.
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Spartan ER-Sunnyvale (TX) Fire Department pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon polypropylene tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Hale FoamLogix single-agent foam system; Advanced Protection System. Dealer: Jonathan Mercer, Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Houston, TX.
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Delivery of the Month
Spartan ER-Sunnyvale (TX) Fire Department pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon polypropylene tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Hale FoamLogix single-agent foam system; Advanced Protection System. Dealer: Jonathan Mercer, Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Houston, TX.
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Delivery of the Month
Spartan ER-Sunnyvale (TX) Fire Department pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon polypropylene tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Hale FoamLogix single-agent foam system; Advanced Protection System. Dealer: Jonathan Mercer, Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Houston, TX.
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The Green Township (OH) Fire Department needed to replace a 1968 Jeep brush truck that had a single seat, a pump beside the driver, no roof, and no heater. But, the department wanted its new truck to be a multiple-use vehicle that could also run to vehicle, dumpster, and rubbish fires as well as serve as a backup medical rig.
“We also wanted the new truck to haul multiple firefighters, which meant a crew cab,” says Todd Baird, Green Township’s chief. “The other major thing we wanted was a truck with super singles on it, instead of dual rear wheels, because of all the mud we have to deal with in Ohio. We have a lot of farmland where we often have to get to the other side of a plowed field in order to put out a fire.”
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| 1 The Green Township (OH) Fire Department had KME build this quick-attack brush truck on a Ford F-550 4x4 four-door crew cab chassis powered by a V10 Triton gasoline engine and a Torqshift six-speed automatic transmission. It features a six-inch lift kit and super single rear wheels conversion. (Photos courtesy of Warren Fire Equipment.) |
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| 3 Green Township’s brush truck has a pump panel at the rear of the truck that is semi-enclosed in what KME calls a municipal-style pump panel. |
Ray Capezzuto, apparatus salesperson for Warren Fire Equipment, which sold previous KME pumpers to the department, got together with the truck committee and helped design a quick-attack truck to fit its needs. “The department got a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant and used the Ohio State Terms Schedule (Ohio STS) to purchase the vehicle from KME,” Capezzuto says. “One of the things they did was to go with a gasoline engine instead of a diesel because of the weight differential between the two types of motors, with the gasoline motor being lighter.”
The resulting quick-attack truck is on a Ford F-550 4x4 chassis with a crew cab, powered by a V10 Triton gasoline engine and a Torqshift six-speed automatic transmission. The rig features KME’s 122-inch-long 3⁄16-inch aluminum skid unit body that holds a Hale HPX 200-B18 skid pump driven by a Briggs & Stratton 18-horsepower gasoline engine putting out 60 gallons per minute (gpm) at 150 pounds per square inch (psi), 150 gpm at 100 psi, and 245 gpm at 25 psi.
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| 2 The brush truck has a Hale HPX 200-B18 gasoline-driven pump, a 300-gallon water tank, a 10-gallon integral foam tank, and a FoamPro 1601 direct-injection foam system. |
The vehicle has a 300-gallon water tank with
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