By Alan M. Petrillo

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.”

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.)

Unique Choices

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.

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

By Alan M. Petrillo

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.”

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.)

Unique Choices

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.

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

E-ONE, a member of REV Group (REV), a manufacturer of motor vehicles for commercial, fire and emergency, and recreation markets, is delivering on a multiunit award from the DLA Troop Support’s Heavy Equipment Procurement Program (HEPP). The contract includes nine U.S. Army 4×2 custom structural pumpers. The new U.S. Army pumpers have E-ONE Typhoon™ chassis with seating for four firefighters.

Each of the pumpers has cab storage that includes three medical cabinets and an exterior gear compartment. The heavy-duty front bumper includes a Line-X-coated gravel shield. These pumpers also feature 750-gallon water tanks, 50-gallon foam tanks, Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm water pumps, and high-capacity electronic foam systems. The high-strength, extruded aluminum cab features a “built-in” roll cage to provide maximum protection and comfort for firefighters. Additional features include lower hosebed and crosslay heights for improved accessibility from ground level, LED lighting, and aluminum diamond-plate hosebed covers.

PAUL CONWAY FIRE has announced two personnel appointments. Keith Miles will serve as sales representative for Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri. Dave Liske will serve as sales representative for Northwest Illinois and Eastern Iowa.

SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO. has promoted a number of its key executives and created a new executive-level position to lead the company’s customer service, product quality, and customer satisfaction initiatives. Mike Bowman has been named vice president of sales with responsibility for all Smeal, LTC, and UST brand apparatus. Joe Heilhecker has been promoted to vice president of operational excellence, manufacturing systems & lean. John Kastl serves as the vice president of engineering. Mary O’Donnell-Voi has been promoted to vice president of organizational development & leadership. Paul Pieragostini has been promoted to vice president of procurement & supply chain. Sanjeev “Sonny” Tara joined Smeal in February 2016 as vice president with responsibility for the company’s Ladder Tower Co. and US Tanker Co. businesses. Jeff Wegner has been appointed to the position of vice president of quality systems.

SAFE FLEET recently announced the acquisition of Rear View Safety (RVS). Based in Brooklyn, New York, Rear View Safety is a fast-growing provider of backup camera systems and video-based road safety solutions. Rear View Safety has been instrumental in driving the rapid adoption of video systems in commercial fleets including government fleets, recreational vehicles, truck, trailer, commercial van, construction, emergency, bus and shuttle, agriculture, and industrial vehicles. “We are delighted to welcome the Rear View Safety business into the Safe Fleet family. This acquisition supports our vision to build the leading global provider of safety solutions for fleet vehicles,” says John R. Knox, president and CEO of Safe Fleet. “The addition of Rear View Safety expands Safe Fleet’s leadership position in specialty video products for fleet vehicles in North America and one of the top suppliers worldwide. The RVS product line is complementary to Safe Fleet’s existing video products and positions Safe Fleet as a leading video supplier in all of its fleet end markets.”

ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENT recently announced it will become partners with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. The current partnership is effective between April 16, 2016, and April 15, 2017, and Alexis will donate $1,000 for every fire and medical unit sold within the Continental United States. Owner Jeff Morris is passionate about this

E-ONE, a member of REV Group (REV), a manufacturer of motor vehicles for commercial, fire and emergency, and recreation markets, is delivering on a multiunit award from the DLA Troop Support’s Heavy Equipment Procurement Program (HEPP). The contract includes nine U.S. Army 4×2 custom structural pumpers. The new U.S. Army pumpers have E-ONE Typhoon™ chassis with seating for four firefighters.

Each of the pumpers has cab storage that includes three medical cabinets and an exterior gear compartment. The heavy-duty front bumper includes a Line-X-coated gravel shield. These pumpers also feature 750-gallon water tanks, 50-gallon foam tanks, Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm water pumps, and high-capacity electronic foam systems. The high-strength, extruded aluminum cab features a “built-in” roll cage to provide maximum protection and comfort for firefighters. Additional features include lower hosebed and crosslay heights for improved accessibility from ground level, LED lighting, and aluminum diamond-plate hosebed covers.

PAUL CONWAY FIRE has announced two personnel appointments. Keith Miles will serve as sales representative for Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri. Dave Liske will serve as sales representative for Northwest Illinois and Eastern Iowa.

SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS CO. has promoted a number of its key executives and created a new executive-level position to lead the company’s customer service, product quality, and customer satisfaction initiatives. Mike Bowman has been named vice president of sales with responsibility for all Smeal, LTC, and UST brand apparatus. Joe Heilhecker has been promoted to vice president of operational excellence, manufacturing systems & lean. John Kastl serves as the vice president of engineering. Mary O’Donnell-Voi has been promoted to vice president of organizational development & leadership. Paul Pieragostini has been promoted to vice president of procurement & supply chain. Sanjeev “Sonny” Tara joined Smeal in February 2016 as vice president with responsibility for the company’s Ladder Tower Co. and US Tanker Co. businesses. Jeff Wegner has been appointed to the position of vice president of quality systems.

SAFE FLEET recently announced the acquisition of Rear View Safety (RVS). Based in Brooklyn, New York, Rear View Safety is a fast-growing provider of backup camera systems and video-based road safety solutions. Rear View Safety has been instrumental in driving the rapid adoption of video systems in commercial fleets including government fleets, recreational vehicles, truck, trailer, commercial van, construction, emergency, bus and shuttle, agriculture, and industrial vehicles. “We are delighted to welcome the Rear View Safety business into the Safe Fleet family. This acquisition supports our vision to build the leading global provider of safety solutions for fleet vehicles,” says John R. Knox, president and CEO of Safe Fleet. “The addition of Rear View Safety expands Safe Fleet’s leadership position in specialty video products for fleet vehicles in North America and one of the top suppliers worldwide. The RVS product line is complementary to Safe Fleet’s existing video products and positions Safe Fleet as a leading video supplier in all of its fleet end markets.”

ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENT recently announced it will become partners with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. The current partnership is effective between April 16, 2016, and April 15, 2017, and Alexis will donate $1,000 for every fire and medical unit sold within the Continental United States. Owner Jeff Morris is passionate about this