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Welcome

The Finest Supporting the Bravest!

The purpose of the Fire Mechanics Section is to promote standardization of fire apparatus and equipment preventative maintenance, improve safety standards and practices, promote workshops, conferences, and seminars related to the purposes of this Section, and to promote cost savings through standardization of building and equipment purchasing and maintenance.

RECENT FIRE MECHANIC NEWS

Posted: Mar 1, 2019

March 2019 Apparatus Showcase

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delivery of the month

KME—Revere (MA) Fire Department 101-foot AerialCat™ tractor-drawn aerial. Severe Service XMFD tractor cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; seating for six; Amdor roll-up compartment doors; FRC Spectra LED scene lights; 94-foot horizontal reach; 500-pound unrestricted wet/dry tip load rating. Dealer: Byron Brooks, Bulldog Fire & Emergency Apparatus, Woodville, MA.

Pierce—Sunman (IN) Fire Department pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CS 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,250-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Pierce Husky 3 Class A foam system; Will-Burt Chief NS2.3-600 WHL light tower. Dealer: Garry Davis, Global Emergency Products, Whitestown, IN.

Rosenbauer—St. Clair (MI) Area Fire Department pumper. Commander 3000 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSUC20 1,500-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon polypropylene tank; Will-Burt Night Scan NS1.8-300-2 150W light tower. Dealer: Bob Colter, Emergency Vehicles Plus, Holland, MI.

Ferrara—Montgomery County (TX) Emergency Services District 7 tanker-pumper. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 3,300-gallon polypropylene tank; C&R Industries 3,000-gallon portable tank on a Ziamatic PTS-HA-CH rack. Dealer: Jim Stover, Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Holden, LA.

Fouts Bros.—Petrolia (TX) Fire Department tanker. Kenworth T370 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 350-hp engine; Darley HM 500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 2,000-gallon tank; Akron LED pole lights; booster reel. Dealer: Junior Ingram, Fouts Bros., Lagrange, TX.

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Eight Streamlined and Compact Pumpers Delivered to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department

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special Delivery | Alan M. Petrillo

Eight Streamlined and Compact Pumpers Delivered to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department

Hilly terrain and many tight and congested streets and alleyways made the case for the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department to specify a specially designed engine with the shortest wheelbase possible and also the tightest turning radius.

The department got exactly what it wanted from Ferrara Fire Apparatus. The manufacturer recently delivered eight streamlined, compact pumpers to San Francisco that allow the department to better negotiate congested streets and alleys and handle the city’s hilly terrain.

SAN FRANCISCO-SPECIFIC

Anthony Rivera, assistant deputy chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, says the department has unique needs for its vehicles. “We need higher horsepower (hp) and higher torque engines because of the steep hills,” Rivera points out, “and we also need our vehicles to have a higher angle of approach and departure for the same reason. We have a minimum requirement for ground level clearance too because any components hanging below a certain height will get ripped off when going up or down hills.”

Another issue facing the department, Rivera says, was extremely narrow alleyways filled with 100-year-old wooden multiresidential units, so the department needed to have engines with short wheelbases and overall lengths that could negotiate those difficult areas.

Ferrara Fire Apparatus recently supplied eight custom pumpers to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department on Igniter chassis with 169-inch wheelbases and 96-inch-wide flat-roof cabs with seating for six firefighters.

1 Ferrara Fire Apparatus recently supplied eight custom pumpers to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department on Igniter chassis with 169-inch wheelbases and 96-inch-wide flat-roof cabs with seating for six firefighters. (Photos 1-6 courtesy of Ferrara Fire Apparatus.)

2 To help reduce the overall profile of the pumpers, Ferrara recessed two air horns, a Code 3 speaker, and a Screaming Eagle flush-mounted mechanical siren in the painted steel frame rail bumpers.

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Eight Streamlined and Compact Pumpers Delivered to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department

1903FA_064-065

special Delivery | Alan M. Petrillo

Eight Streamlined and Compact Pumpers Delivered to the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department

Hilly terrain and many tight and congested streets and alleyways made the case for the San Francisco (CA) Fire Department to specify a specially designed engine with the shortest wheelbase possible and also the tightest turning radius.

SAN FRANCISCO-SPECIFIC

2 To help reduce the overall profile of the pumpers, Ferrara recessed two air horns, a Code 3 speaker, and a Screaming Eagle flush-mounted mechanical siren in the painted steel frame rail bumpers.