KME has added Keystone Fire Apparatus Inc., to its sales team. The company, which will represent KME in 19 Western Pennsylvania counties, has been providing sales and major service capabilities for its customers since 1994, when it was founded by owners Tom and Paula Ball. Keystone Fire Apparatus operates out of a recently expanded 18,000-square-foot facility with on-site pump testing capability. It also provides bumper-to-bumper preventive maintenance, nondestructive testing, collision and body repair, pump service and repairs, tank repair or replacement, hydraulic repairs, AC/DC lighting and wiring, and full fabrication capability.

PIERCE MANUFACTURING Inc. has delivered two Pierce® Enforcer® hazmat vehicles to serve the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal’s (OSFM) statewide Regional Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Teams System. Each Pierce Enforcer vehicle features a 70-inch extended-length cab with a 24-inch raised roof (a four-door configuration with a rear wall walk-through) and seating for up to 10 team members.

The vehicles also each feature a seven-foot slide-out in the body, a command area that includes a workstation with overhead and under-desk cabinets, interior wall cabinets, a light mast, electric awning, and roof storage compartments. The vehicle replacement program includes a 10-year contract between OSFM and Pierce for procurement of Pierce Enforcer apparatus.

AVON PROTECTION has launched a 15-year endurance warranty for the Avon Deltair SCBA. The new Deltair Endurance Warranty is effective on all Deltair SCBA shipped as of February 1, 2016. This “bumper-to-bumper” warranty includes all components of the SCBA, including the electronics. With no mandatory parts replacements or overhaul requirements, the Deltair Endurance Warranty is expected to significantly lower the cost of SCBA ownership throughout the life of the SCBA.

THEFIRESTORE has promoted James Witmer to the role of chief executive officer (CEO). Witmer, former vice president of sales, joined TheFireStore team in 2003 as the special projects manager. From there, he worked his way through the company ranks, serving as the marketing manager, director of business development, and vice president of sales. Witmer assumed the CEO position in place of his father, Jim Witmer, who will continue to serve as co-founder and chairman of TheFireStore.

The Julian-Cuyamaca (CA) Fire Protection District has taken delivery of an HME Rapid Attack Truck (RAT). Built on a 4x4 HME SFO chassis and powered by a Cummins ISB6.7 360-hp engine, the truck features an Allison 3000EVS transmission and Michelin super single tires.

Other features include an 18-inch bumper extension; 1,500-gpm Hale RSD midship pump; Harrison 8-kW hydraulic generator; Fire Research Turbo Foam system; 500-gallon rectangular water tank; PowerArc lighting package; NFPA ladder complement; and trays, shelves, and tool boards throughout.

IDEX CORPORATION announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AKRON BRASS HOLDING CORP., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Premier Farnell plc and a global manufacturer of safety equipment and emergency response equipment. Operating under the Akron Brass and Weldon brand names, the company produces a large array of engineered life-safety products for the safety and emergency response markets, including apparatus valves, monitors, nozzles, specialty lighting, electronic vehicle-control s

KME has added Keystone Fire Apparatus Inc., to its sales team. The company, which will represent KME in 19 Western Pennsylvania counties, has been providing sales and major service capabilities for its customers since 1994, when it was founded by owners Tom and Paula Ball. Keystone Fire Apparatus operates out of a recently expanded 18,000-square-foot facility with on-site pump testing capability. It also provides bumper-to-bumper preventive maintenance, nondestructive testing, collision and body repair, pump service and repairs, tank repair or replacement, hydraulic repairs, AC/DC lighting and wiring, and full fabrication capability.

PIERCE MANUFACTURING Inc. has delivered two Pierce® Enforcer® hazmat vehicles to serve the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal’s (OSFM) statewide Regional Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Teams System. Each Pierce Enforcer vehicle features a 70-inch extended-length cab with a 24-inch raised roof (a four-door configuration with a rear wall walk-through) and seating for up to 10 team members.

The vehicles also each feature a seven-foot slide-out in the body, a command area that includes a workstation with overhead and under-desk cabinets, interior wall cabinets, a light mast, electric awning, and roof storage compartments. The vehicle replacement program includes a 10-year contract between OSFM and Pierce for procurement of Pierce Enforcer apparatus.

AVON PROTECTION has launched a 15-year endurance warranty for the Avon Deltair SCBA. The new Deltair Endurance Warranty is effective on all Deltair SCBA shipped as of February 1, 2016. This “bumper-to-bumper” warranty includes all components of the SCBA, including the electronics. With no mandatory parts replacements or overhaul requirements, the Deltair Endurance Warranty is expected to significantly lower the cost of SCBA ownership throughout the life of the SCBA.

THEFIRESTORE has promoted James Witmer to the role of chief executive officer (CEO). Witmer, former vice president of sales, joined TheFireStore team in 2003 as the special projects manager. From there, he worked his way through the company ranks, serving as the marketing manager, director of business development, and vice president of sales. Witmer assumed the CEO position in place of his father, Jim Witmer, who will continue to serve as co-founder and chairman of TheFireStore.

The Julian-Cuyamaca (CA) Fire Protection District has taken delivery of an HME Rapid Attack Truck (RAT). Built on a 4x4 HME SFO chassis and powered by a Cummins ISB6.7 360-hp engine, the truck features an Allison 3000EVS transmission and Michelin super single tires.

Other features include an 18-inch bumper extension; 1,500-gpm Hale RSD midship pump; Harrison 8-kW hydraulic generator; Fire Research Turbo Foam system; 500-gallon rectangular water tank; PowerArc lighting package; NFPA ladder complement; and trays, shelves, and tool boards throughout.

IDEX CORPORATION announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AKRON BRASS HOLDING CORP., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Premier Farnell plc and a global manufacturer of safety equipment and emergency response equipment. Operating under the Akron Brass and Weldon brand names, the company produces a large array of engineered life-safety products for the safety and emergency response markets, including apparatus valves, monitors, nozzles, specialty lighting, electronic vehicle-control s

One of the first 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quints in the country has been delivered to the Louisburg (KS) Fire Department by Pierce Manufacturing Inc.

Paul Richards, chief of the Louisburg Fire Department, says, “This is the first aerial our department has ever had. We were considering buying a 75-foot quint but were able to save a lot of money by going with this demo 107-footer. Plus we get a lot more reach and aerial height than with a 75-footer.”

1 The Louisburg (KS) Fire Department 107-foot aerial ladder quint, built by Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., is powered by a 450-hp Cummins ISL 9 diesel engine and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. [Photos courtesy of the Louisburg (KS) Fire Department unless otherwise noted.]

Response Area

Richards notes that while the Louisburg fire protection area doesn’t have a lot of high-rises, it has other issues that made the department consider the longer aerial. “We have a number of setback issues in our town with several strip malls and also one of our higher-end subdivisions that’s built around a lake,” he says. “We also have a large downtown business district with shared buildings running a block long that we will have to get up and over as well as a lot of homes with 6:12 and 8:12 pitch roofs and long setbacks. We can’t get on those roofs with ground ladders, and the 107-footer will allow us to get on them and reach those other setbacks.”

2 The 107-foot aerial ladder quint has a Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump, a 500-gallon water tank, and 115 feet of ground ladders.

The Louisburg Fire Department covers a four-square-mile city and contracts to cover 112 square miles of Miami County with a paid chief, a paid part-time firefighter-inspector, and 22 volunteer firefighters out of one station that shares both city and county fire apparatus. The city of Louisburg has hydrants; some areas of the county have hydrant water sources.

The Quint

The Louisburg Ascendant is a 107-foot aerial ladder quint on a single rear axle built on an Enforcer chassis and powered by a 450-horsepower (hp) Cummins ISL 9 diesel engine and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. The quint has a Waterous 1,500-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pump, a 500-gallon water tank, 115 feet of ground ladders, and 198 cubic feet of compartment space and carries 800 feet of five-inch large diameter hose (LDH), although the hosebed can handle up to 1,000 feet of LDH. The 107-foot aerial ladder quint carries a 1,500-gpm Akron Brass monitor at the ladder’s tip, has a 750-pound dry tip load, and has a 500-pound wet tip load.

Tim Smits, national sales manager for Pierce, says the 107-footer is two feet shorter overall than a tandem-axle 100-foot aerial ladder and only 1½ feet longer than a 75-foot aerial ladder on a single axle. “The ladder is all 100,000-pounds-per-square-inch (psi) steel,” Smits says, “has a vertical reach of 107 feet, a horizontal reach of 100 feet, and an 18-foot stabilizer spread set forward of the rear wheels tha

One of the first 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quints in the country has been delivered to the Louisburg (KS) Fire Department by Pierce Manufacturing Inc.

Paul Richards, chief of the Louisburg Fire Department, says, “This is the first aerial our department has ever had. We were considering buying a 75-foot quint but were able to save a lot of money by going with this demo 107-footer. Plus we get a lot more reach and aerial height than with a 75-footer.”

1 The Louisburg (KS) Fire Department 107-foot aerial ladder quint, built by Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., is powered by a 450-hp Cummins ISL 9 diesel engine and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. [Photos courtesy of the Louisburg (KS) Fire Department unless otherwise noted.]

Response Area

Richards notes that while the Louisburg fire protection area doesn’t have a lot of high-rises, it has other issues that made the department consider the longer aerial. “We have a number of setback issues in our town with several strip malls and also one of our higher-end subdivisions that’s built around a lake,” he says. “We also have a large downtown business district with shared buildings running a block long that we will have to get up and over as well as a lot of homes with 6:12 and 8:12 pitch roofs and long setbacks. We can’t get on those roofs with ground ladders, and the 107-footer will allow us to get on them and reach those other setbacks.”

2 The 107-foot aerial ladder quint has a Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump, a 500-gallon water tank, and 115 feet of ground ladders.

The Louisburg Fire Department covers a four-square-mile city and contracts to cover 112 square miles of Miami County with a paid chief, a paid part-time firefighter-inspector, and 22 volunteer firefighters out of one station that shares both city and county fire apparatus. The city of Louisburg has hydrants; some areas of the county have hydrant water sources.

The Quint

The Louisburg Ascendant is a 107-foot aerial ladder quint on a single rear axle built on an Enforcer chassis and powered by a 450-horsepower (hp) Cummins ISL 9 diesel engine and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. The quint has a Waterous 1,500-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pump, a 500-gallon water tank, 115 feet of ground ladders, and 198 cubic feet of compartment space and carries 800 feet of five-inch large diameter hose (LDH), although the hosebed can handle up to 1,000 feet of LDH. The 107-foot aerial ladder quint carries a 1,500-gpm Akron Brass monitor at the ladder’s tip, has a 750-pound dry tip load, and has a 500-pound wet tip load.

Tim Smits, national sales manager for Pierce, says the 107-footer is two feet shorter overall than a tandem-axle 100-foot aerial ladder and only 1½ feet longer than a 75-foot aerial ladder on a single axle. “The ladder is all 100,000-pounds-per-square-inch (psi) steel,” Smits says, “has a vertical reach of 107 feet, a horizontal reach of 100 feet, and an 18-foot stabilizer spread set forward of the rear wheels tha