OCALA, FL—E-ONE, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of fire trucks with more than 28,000 vehicles in operation around the world, is pleased to welcome Darch Fire as the new E-ONE dealership and service supplier in Ontario, Canada. Darch Fire has been servicing Ontario with apparatus and equipment since 1993, when they were founded by John Darch and Susan Miller. Recently, Darch Fire was acquired by the 1200 Degrees Group.

The combination of Darch Fire and 1200 Degrees in Ontario offers:

• 12,000-square-foot facility with 18 full-time employees.
• Five mobile service vehicles with three EVT technicians and 24-hour service.
• Three service bays.
• Services including annual pump testing, pump, foam system and valve repairs and maintenance, rebuilds and overhauls, electrical diagnostics and repair, equipment mounting, and emergency light and siren installations.
• Sales of aftermarket parts

Darch Fire is excited about carrying the E-ONE line of products in Ontario. “Susan and I are very excited to join the 1200º Group and be part of the growth of 1200º Group and E-ONE into Ontario,” says John Darch, Fire Truck Sales Manager for Darch Fire.

“By adding Darch Fire to the 1200º group, we become an indisputable force in the firefighting industry, providing the best fire trucks available, E-ONE,” said François Proulx, president of the 1200º group. With this merger, Darch Fire and 1200º Group now offer a team of 58 employees, an inventory worth more than $2.8 million, nine service vehicles and three service centers, dedicating 30,000 square feet of workspace to be at the service of fire departments throughout Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces.

“We are thrilled to welcome another great dealership into the E-ONE family,” said Jeff Park, Regional Director for E-ONE. “Darch Fire has a great facility with seasoned professionals; and to partner with them is absolute success for our customers in Ontario. Mutually, with our ‘Best in Class Fire Trucks and Systems’ and the Darch Fire team, we are very excited about the future of E-ONE’s entire product line in Ontario.”

For more information, www.darchfire.com.

OCALA, FL—E-ONE has announced its new TITAN® 4×4 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle, as the first configuration in a completely new line of ARFF products. The new TITAN® series has an aggressive stance with innovative styling features and offers performance in several key measurable categories such as acceleration, braking, dynamic stability, and pumping performance.

The E-ONE TITAN® 4×4 provides:

• POWER with an available 770-hp engine, providing 2,215 foot pounds of torque for greater acceleration.
• CONTROL with a variable rate coil spring v-link suspension and 17-inch disc brakes as standard, coupled with dual calipers on each front wheel end.
• STORAGE with a total of 360 cubic feet including a full transverse compartment.
• KNOCKDOWN with 3,000-gpm pump, electronic foam proportioning with patented ECOLOGIC® calibration system and multiple high-flow turret configurations including the low-attack high-flow RHINO® bumper turret.
• PAYLOAD capacity with 1,585 gallons of water, 225 gallons of foam, and 500 pounds of auxiliary agent.
• SERVICEABILITY with a redesigned rear body providing ground level maintenance access from either side of the vehicle as well as from the spacious top deck.
• OPTIONS with the TITAN® 4×4 EXT, a 54-foot high reach extendable turret (HRET).

“The new TITAN® 4×4 is truly an amazing work, combining performance with robust firefighting systems in a revolutionary design not often seen on vehicles of this size,” says Matt Reda, E-ONE’s global product manager. “The anticipation and customer response has already resulted in new orders.  E-ONE is very proud of the teamwork and commitment that drove this project from recognition of worldwide customer demands to engineering conceptual designs and daily interaction with the program team. We are confident that the new TITAN® offers technologies and functionality that, moving forward, will raise the expectations of buyers across the globe in the ARFF market sector.”

For more information, visit the TITAN® Product Page.

Parker’s Mill Fire Department, Somerset, KY, MVP rescue-ladder-quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.

Parker’s Mill Fire Department, Somerset, KY, MVP rescue-ladder-quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.