Thank you to all our WFAS members that were able to attend this past year's conference in Leavenworth! For those of you that missed out, a few highlights included lessons learned from a number of local Fire Chiefs on recent Washington State disasters we have encountered, tips for adapting to change, {WOODY}, and the highly popular casino night!

Your 2016 WFAS Board is already hard at work planning for the 2017, 2018 and even 2019 conferences! We will be meeting this friday in Cle Elem to gather our ideas and put our heads together. 

We have put together a survey for all members, to gather feedback on the recent conference, as well as overall suggestions. If you have not already, please follow this link to fill it out: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8V3LBDJ. The deadline is this Friday, June 17th to be entered in the drawing for WFAS merch for filling out the survey. 

If you missed out in Leavenworth, don't forget to Save the Date and put the 2017 WFAS Annual Conference on your calendars for May 8-10 in Olympia.

The Atkinson (NH) Fire Department has recently taken delivery of an all new custom HME, Incorporated, rescue-pumper. Built on an HME 1871-W chassis and with an MFDxl 12-inch raised roof cab, it is powered by a Cummins ISL9 450-hp EPA 13 engine. The 47” pump house combines a Hale Q-Max pump with HME Hydra Technology™. The fire truck also features aluminum wheels, 40-amp ProMariner battery charger, 320-amp Leece-Neville alternator, LED interior lighting package, a backup camera system, two full-height EMS cabinets, a six-inch bumper extension, left and right running board hosewell, a FoamPro 2001 foam system with a 30-gallon tank, two 1.5-inch speedlays and one 2.5-inch. The stainless steel body has 176 cubic feet of compartment storage, a 90-cubic-foot hosebed, 1,800-gallon water tank, FRC scene lights and shelves, trays, and tool boards throughout.

Salesman: Glenn Davis and Jim Lindquist

Dealer: Lake Region Fire Apparatus, Inc.

Dealer Location: West Ossippee 

In May, the Austin (TX) Fire Department (AFD) took delivery of one of its most recent apparatus purchases, and the only one of its kind for the department: a truck-mounted large-scale mobile ventilation unit coined the “Smoke Buster.” Austin’s acquisition of the ventilator was the final result of nearly 18 months of testing and research.

The AFD began the initial purchasing process in 2014 when it solicited the help of some local university engineering students. They ran a number of ventilation tests and simulations within large structures. Simultaneously, the department used the opportunity to evaluate a number of mobile ventilation products from some of the top manufacturers in the world. The conclusions of the study were clear: particular incident types require large-scale ventilation beyond what traditional positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) and positive-pressure attack (PPA) fans are capable of. Austin needed access to such a solution.

The AFD’s Smoke Buster uses a Tempest MVU®-L125 mounted in the bed of a Dodge Ram® heavy-duty diesel pick-up truck. The final custom fabrication and installation of the apparatus was delivered by Skeeter Brush Trucks out of Hillsboro, Texas. The Smoke Buster was showcased in Tempest Technology Corporation’s booth at FDIC International 2016 in Indianapolis. Tempest has more than 200 similar ventilators in operation around the world.

For more information, visit www.tempest.us.com.

Firefighters say three people are alive today because a passing motorist saw something - and said something. A two-alarm blaze destroyed two garages and gutted the back of a home early Tuesday just one block away from the Kitsap County courthouse complex in Port Orchard. Three people were sleeping inside the home as the flames grew in intensity just feet away from them.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2016 7:45:14 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000