Atlanta Police are investigating after a man walked into a fire station critically hurt from a shooting Monday, 11alive.com reported.

He walked into Fire Station 10, 447 Boulevard in southeast Atlanta, with a gunshot wound just after 6:45 p.m., authorities said.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, had managed to drive himself to the fire station, according to police. A fire engine rushed him to Grady Hospital, authorities said, where he was listed as critical, according to the report.

Police are now investigating the circumstances of the incident and said they did not have any other details to share, the report said.

The Denver Police Department is investigating after a fire station was hit with bullets on Sunday, KDVR.com reported.

Denver police said numerous shots were fired near Denver Fire Station No. 2 near East 53rd Avenue and North Memphis Street around 11:21 p.m., the report said.

The fire station was occupied at the time, and it was hit by bullets, the report said. No injuries were reported.

A Denver police officer was also in a marked police vehicle near the station at the time the shots were fired, according to the report.

If you have any information, please contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

By Alan M. Petrillo

W.S. Darley & Company has built a WASP quick attack tactical pumper on a Ford F-550 4×4 chassis with Super Single wheels and tires for Ringwood Borough (NJ) Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1.

Troy Carothers, Darley’s contract administrator and CAFS manager, points out that the WASP features a Darley PSMC 1,500-gallon per minute (gpm) midship, split-shaft pump, with a Darley AutoCAFS 120-cubic feet per minute (cfm) compressed air foam system plumbed to four CAFS discharges. “We use the FoamPro 2001 foam system with the Advanced Feature Controller to inject the Phoschek WD881 Class A foam that’s environmentally friendly into the water pump stream on the discharge side of the pump so no foam ever gets into the main pump or the water tank,” Carothers says.

The Ringwood WASP also has a 315-gallon water tank, a 25-gallon foam tank, and an Odin AutoFill automatic direct tank fill system, Carothers says. “Just hook up a 2-1/2-inch pressurized water line to the fitting on the back of the rig and flick the toggle switch to ‘auto’,” he notes. “The water tank will then stay at between 50% and 85%, automatically opening the electric valve to fill the tank. The body and tank are integral and made from the same copolymer plastic material so they will never corrode.”

Ken Diaz, a past chief at Ringwood and chair of the truck committee, says his fi

KME—Jamestown (PA) Fire Department rescue pumper. Panther LFD with 10-inch raised roof cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Darley LDMBC 1,500-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Darley Odin 200 CFM CAFS; FoamPro 2002 single-agent foam system; Will-Burt Night Scan 2.6 600 Whelen LED 12v light tower; FRC 360 camera system. Dealer: Tom Ball, Keystone Fire Apparatus, McKees Rocks, PA.

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