PIERCE MANUFACTURING INC., an Oshkosh Corporation company, has placed a pair of Pierce® Quantum® quint 105-foot heavy-duty aerial ladders into service with the Oshkosh (WI) Fire Department. The apparatus feature TAK-4® independent front suspension and the TAK-4 T3™ steering system, combining mechanical rear steering with a fully independent rear suspension for maneuverability, ride quality, traction, and stability.

Each of the identical pair of Quantum aerial ladders is equipped with a Detroit DD13 500-hp engine and a Command Zone™ advanced electronics and control system. The vehicles’ cabs include seating for four firefighters, forward facing EMS compartments, and frontal impact and side roll protection systems. Pierce dealer Fire Apparatus and Equipment, Inc., of Appleton Wisconsin, provides local service and support.

HONEYWELL and DUPONT™ Kevlar® have combined to award 20 deserving firefighters and first responders with full paid scholarships-including travel and accommodations-to attend FDIC International 2017. The final five recipients are Lieutenant Robert Drake, Hanover (VA) Fire-EMS Department; Captain Jason Dolph, Anchorage (AK) Fire Department; Dan Gatz, De Pere (WI) Fire Rescue; Brian Minton, Williston (ND) Fire Department; and Pat Taaffe, St. Johns County (FL) Fire Rescue.

The NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) has issued a Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) that requires PASS manufacturers to change the PASS alarm sound required in NFPA 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS) [2013 ed.], for PASS devices manufactured after December 21, 2016, to a new, more audible PASS alarm sound. This impacts standalone PASS devices and PASS that are integrated with SCBA. While the TIA does not require that PASS devices or SCBA with integrated PASS devices be updated to the new alarm sound, all users of PASS devices compliant with NFPA 1982 (2013 ed.) are encouraged to consider upgrading their equipment to incorporate this new and more audible PASS alarm sound.

E-ONE, a member of the REV Group, has announced an order from the U.S. Air Force for 167 ECOLOGIC® testing systems. The ECOLOGIC testing system is a patented technology developed by E-ONE to allow customers to test their aircraft rescue firefighting (ARFF) vehicles’ foam systems without discharging foam into the environment. Since its inception, the ECOLOGIC testing system has proven effective on several brands and models of ARFF vehicles. The U.S. Air Force’s contract will integrate the ECOLOGIC system on 23 ARFF models within its fleet.

GLOBE, DUPONT PROTECTION SOLUTIONS, and the NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL (NVFC) announced the final two departments to receive turnout gear through the 2016 Globe Gear Giveaway Program. The Grindstone (PA) Community Volunteer Fire Department and the Cottonwood Shores (TX) Volunteer Fire Department will each receive four sets of new Globe turnout gear.

SPARTAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE has delivered the first of its S-180 pumpers to Reese (MI) Fire Rescue. The S-180 line of fire trucks offers custom-built apparatus manufactured in half the time. Spartan’s S-180 truck line is appropriately named for the 180 days spanning order date to delivery.

The S-180 can be purchased by selecting a base model and choosing from a wide variety of customized options tailored to meet each fire department’s

By Alan M. Petrillo

It took about three years from concept to delivery, but Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services persevered with the project to get a technical rescue truck built that could handle a combination of several rescue disciplines by itself.

The result is a tandem-rear-axle vehicle built by SVI Trucks on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof and seating for five firefighters.

1 Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services had SVI Trucks build a technical rescue truck on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof, seating for five firefighters, and a Command Light tower on top of the cab. (Photos courtesy of SVI Trucks.)

Tyler Moore, Vancouver’s deputy chief, says that Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services took over technical rescue duties in the city in the mid 1990s. “Then it was mostly rope rescue and confined space, but now it covers high- and low-angle rescue, confined space, trench rescue, and structural collapse,” Moore points out. “We wanted a truck to accommodate those needs and the combination of disciplines as well as to have auto extrication capabilities with cutters, spreaders, and rams.”

Equipment Cache

Kenneth Lepard, Vancouver’s assistant chief in charge of vehicles, says the department put together a team that laid out what they thought the approximate size of compartments should be on the new truck and also provided an extensive equipment list of what had to be carried. “We wanted to see how vendors would mount all that equipment and knew it was doable based on what other cities have done,” Lepard says. “But, we knew it also would be a challenge because we wanted to carry more.” He adds, “There aren’t a lot of extra vehicle bays in the city, so we tried to combine as much as possible in one truck. It also allows us to have a team cross-staff the vehicle.” Ultimately, he notes, “SVI Trucks came to us with a proposal that was really close to what we wanted, and they got the contract.”

It took three preconstruction meetings, but SVI and the Vancouver team were able to trim some of the items off the equipment list and also improve the crew area of the cab, raise the body, move the Command Light from the body of the truck to the cab, add lumber storage, and shorten the length of the front bumper.

2 The technical rescue truck is powered by a Cummins 500-hp ISX12 diesel engine and an Allison 4000 EVS automatic transmission with retarder.

Lepard says, “SVI provided great computer-aided design drawings to start with, but we had so much equipment on the floor that had to go on the truck that they had a fabricator working with us the whole time to suggest the mounting of tools and how to make them fit.”

Moore says that the department “had a good idea of the equipment that was to be used most frequently, so we made some changes to rol

By Alan M. Petrillo

It took about three years from concept to delivery, but Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services persevered with the project to get a technical rescue truck built that could handle a combination of several rescue disciplines by itself.

The result is a tandem-rear-axle vehicle built by SVI Trucks on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof and seating for five firefighters.

1 Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services had SVI Trucks build a technical rescue truck on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof, seating for five firefighters, and a Command Light tower on top of the cab. (Photos courtesy of SVI Trucks.)

Tyler Moore, Vancouver’s deputy chief, says that Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services took over technical rescue duties in the city in the mid 1990s. “Then it was mostly rope rescue and confined space, but now it covers high- and low-angle rescue, confined space, trench rescue, and structural collapse,” Moore points out. “We wanted a truck to accommodate those needs and the combination of disciplines as well as to have auto extrication capabilities with cutters, spreaders, and rams.”

Equipment Cache

Kenneth Lepard, Vancouver’s assistant chief in charge of vehicles, says the department put together a team that laid out what they thought the approximate size of compartments should be on the new truck and also provided an extensive equipment list of what had to be carried. “We wanted to see how vendors would mount all that equipment and knew it was doable based on what other cities have done,” Lepard says. “But, we knew it also would be a challenge because we wanted to carry more.” He adds, “There aren’t a lot of extra vehicle bays in the city, so we tried to combine as much as possible in one truck. It also allows us to have a team cross-staff the vehicle.” Ultimately, he notes, “SVI Trucks came to us with a proposal that was really close to what we wanted, and they got the contract.”

It took three preconstruction meetings, but SVI and the Vancouver team were able to trim some of the items off the equipment list and also improve the crew area of the cab, raise the body, move the Command Light from the body of the truck to the cab, add lumber storage, and shorten the length of the front bumper.

2 The technical rescue truck is powered by a Cummins 500-hp ISX12 diesel engine and an Allison 4000 EVS automatic transmission with retarder.

Lepard says, “SVI provided great computer-aided design drawings to start with, but we had so much equipment on the floor that had to go on the truck that they had a fabricator working with us the whole time to suggest the mounting of tools and how to make them fit.”

Moore says that the department “had a good idea of the equipment that was to be used most frequently, so we made some changes to rol

By Alan M. Petrillo

It took about three years from concept to delivery, but Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services persevered with the project to get a technical rescue truck built that could handle a combination of several rescue disciplines by itself.

The result is a tandem-rear-axle vehicle built by SVI Trucks on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof and seating for five firefighters.

1 Vancouver (Canada) Fire & Rescue Services had SVI Trucks build a technical rescue truck on a Spartan Gladiator long four-door (LFD) chassis and cab with a 20-inch raised roof, seating for five firefighters, and a Command Light tower on top of the cab. (Photos courtesy of SVI Trucks.)

Tyler Moore, Vancouver’s deputy chief, says that Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services took over technical rescue duties in the city in the mid 1990s. “Then it was mostly rope rescue and confined space, but now it covers high- and low-angle rescue, confined space, trench rescue, and structural collapse,” Moore points out. “We wanted a truck to accommodate those needs and the combination of disciplines as well as to have auto extrication capabilities with cutters, spreaders, and rams.”

Equipment Cache

Kenneth Lepard, Vancouver’s assistant chief in charge of vehicles, says the department put together a team that laid out what they thought the approximate size of compartments should be on the new truck and also provided an extensive equipment list of what had to be carried. “We wanted to see how vendors would mount all that equipment and knew it was doable based on what other cities have done,” Lepard says. “But, we knew it also would be a challenge because we wanted to carry more.” He adds, “There aren’t a lot of extra vehicle bays in the city, so we tried to combine as much as possible in one truck. It also allows us to have a team cross-staff the vehicle.” Ultimately, he notes, “SVI Trucks came to us with a proposal that was really close to what we wanted, and they got the contract.”

It took three preconstruction meetings, but SVI and the Vancouver team were able to trim some of the items off the equipment list and also improve the crew area of the cab, raise the body, move the Command Light from the body of the truck to the cab, add lumber storage, and shorten the length of the front bumper.

2 The technical rescue truck is powered by a Cummins 500-hp ISX12 diesel engine and an Allison 4000 EVS automatic transmission with retarder.

Lepard says, “SVI provided great computer-aided design drawings to start with, but we had so much equipment on the floor that had to go on the truck that they had a fabricator working with us the whole time to suggest the mounting of tools and how to make them fit.”

Moore says that the department “had a good idea of the equipment that was to be used most frequently, so we made some changes to rol