In this series, Fire Engineering Senior Editor Mary Jane Dittmar looks at the things that motivated and inspired instructors to present on their topics at FDIC International 2016. Segments will be posted on a regular basis up to and through the conference, April 18-23.

Mike McEvoy

EMS Coordinator

Saratoga County, New York

EMS Technical Coordinator, Fire Engineering

What’s New in NFPA 1584?

Tuesday, April 19, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

My primary motivation for selecting this topic is my involvement in the medical research that has become the driving force in promoting firefighter rehabilitation. I envision the optimal effect of this presentation as honing the firefighter rehab process so it becomes more agreeable and functional to firefighters. I believe the current rehab process is not always done efficiently or effectively and that it ends up wasting firefighters’ time and fails to optimize hydration and nutrition and energy reserves and cooling or rewarming firefighters as needed--all in a rapid and an effective manner.

Many of the attendees in my classes on this subject appreciate the real-world perspective I bring to the table with suggestions and examples for how firefighters and officers can effectively and efficiently implement rehabilitation on the fireground and in training exercises. Also, attendees express surprise about how little is really known about medical monitoring and recovery in rehab. 

INDIANAPOLIS, In—In one of Colorado’s most historic fire districts is a featured apparatus at EONE’s booth at FDIC International 2016. rnational Conference in Indianapolis on April 18-23. The Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District of Breckenridge, Colorado, will receive delivery on its all-new eMAX™ Cyclone II Pumper, made by E-ONE, a REV Group fire truck manufacturer based in Ocala, Florida. following the FDIC conference.

E-ONE’s newest eMAX pairs a Cummins ISX15 550-hp engine, Allison EVS4000P transmission, Dana Spicer 27,000-pound rear axle with power divider, and a Meritor 22,800-pound front drive axle. With all this of this unbridled power, the 30-foot-long eMAX has no trouble toting a 780-gallon UPF Poly III tank and providing up to a 1,500-gpm flow from the split-shaft midship pump.

E-ONE is also showcasing its HPS 100 steel platform. This steel platform boasts the same 2.5 to 1 structural safety factor as other E-ONE aerials. The HPS 100 Platform meets the demand of steel-preferring departments with its 100-foot vertical reach and 1,305-pound platform capacity. The HPS 100 Platform features the most innovative technologies to keep crews safe, while the crisscross, under-slung outriggers deploy to a tight 15’ 6” spread in less than 45 seconds, allowing it to go where other aerials can’t, and all in industry-leading record time.

In addition, E-ONE will showcase its latest Advanced Aerial Control System (AACS). E-ONE will feature this advanced system on the CR 100 Cyclone II, already well known for its tip-load performance at low-angles. Available on all E-ONE aerial ladder and platform products in basic and deluxe versions, E-ONE’s Advanced Aerial Control System features electric/hydraulic controls for smooth operation, including control from the aerial’s tip, and pump panel.

Meanwhile, E-ONE’s Deluxe AACS features a full-color aerial information system display, a wireless aerial and outrigger controls, body protection and cradle assist are standard as well as a feature that allows the operator to select from one of three ramp settings (¼, ½ and ¾ seconds), plus many other upgrades.

E-ONE will have an interactive graphic outside and attendees will be offered a photo opportunity of holding up an E-ONE truck.  The REV group 20,000-sq-ft booth with all the REV Companies in one booth.

For more information, visit www.e-one.com.

By Chris Mc Loone

As always, FDIC International is serving as a springboard for new products from various manufacturers in the fire service. To that end, this year Rosenbauer America is introducing a 75-foot midmount articulated platform aerial on a single rear axle.

According to Harold Boer, president of Rosenbauer America, “The most important part of exhibiting is to get our product in front of customers and to get their feedback.” Additionally, Boer states that, “Attendees get benefit from seeing new products that they can use and to give feedback on what they see so we can continue to improve our products.”

Attendees have their expectations for what they expect to see at FDIC International, and so do manufacturers. Boer comments, “We expect FDIC International 2016 to be a great show and the one where we can see more customers in one location than any other show.

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By Alan M. Petrillo

The Columbus (OH) Fire Department developed a set of specs for a new air and light vehicle, which it calls an incident support unit, but after a visit with Summit Fire Apparatus to see how Summit designs such units, it redid its specs to be a combination of some of its original details along with ideas from Summit's design. The resulting vehicle was delivered in December 2015 and has proven to be not only a larger truck, but one that's much easier to use and operate.

The new vehicle that Summit built for Columbus incorporates a room at the back of the vehicle that serves as the control room for the breathing air refill operator, says Joe Messmer, Summit's president. "That's why a drop frame is required on the truck where the floor is set to around 18 inches off the ground," Messmer says. "The room is five by eight feet, and the operator can control the compressor and refill bottles from there, plus monitor the truck's engine through a Class 1 engine monitor."

The incident support unit is built on an International 4400 two-door chassis with a rear drop frame, powered by an International 330-horsepower (hp) diesel engine with an exhaust brake retarder. The fire truck has a 16-foot equipment body, six compartments covered by ROM roll-up doors, a four-cylinder Scott RevolveAir self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) cylinder sequencer, a totally enclosed fragmentation station, a 28-bottle SCBA cylinder storage area accessible from both inside and outside, and a Bauer 35 cubic feet per minute (cfm) at 6,000 pounds per square inch (psi) air compressor.

William Griffith, a Columbus Fire captain, says the department's original design didn't have a separate room for filling air bottles. "We had been filling bottles from outside the truck with a defrag type station," Griffith says. "Once we saw Summit's fill room in the back, our personnel liked it. It uses a pass-through rack from the outside that secures the bottles and allows the operator inside to get to them to fill the bottles and then the firefighters to get to the refilled bottles from the outside."

Doug Wortman, Columbus Fire project specialist, adds that the filling room and rack arrangement works well in his department's climate. "The firefighter puts a bottle needing to be filled neck-in on the rack, and those that have been filled by the operator are neck-out and easily identifiable," Wortman says. "The air supply on the truck is out of the weather and away from traffic, as the rack is in the last compartment on the officer's side of the truck."

Scott Sanders, Columbus apparatus lieutenant, notes that the incident support unit is busy every day. "We use the vehicle to maintain our station cascade systems," Sanders says. "Every morning the unit makes the rounds to our stations to top off their cascade bottles. The vehicle also gets dispatched to working fires, and at least once a week it gets actively used."

Columbus Fire Department protects a city of 280 square miles with more than 1,500 paid firefighters operating out of 32 stations, with it