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Posted: Oct 18, 2022

Campbell County (WY) Fire Department Gets Hazmat Truck from SVI

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The Campbell County (WY) Fire Department, an agency that covers 4,800 square miles in northeastern Wyoming, has taken delivery of a front walk-in hazardous materials truck built by SVI Trucks.

J.R. Fox, Campbell County’s deputy chief, says the department is a combination fire department with 33 paid full-time firefighters and 50 volunteers running out of 10 stations. Fox notes the department also is one of several agencies providing hazardous materials and special operations response in a five-county area of Wyoming. “This new SVI hazmat truck replaces a 1994 Ametek walk-through hazmat truck and a state-issued tractor-trailer hazmat unit,” Fox points out. “We only have staffing for one hazmat team, so it didn’t make sense for us to have two hazmat vehicles. Also, a lot of the equipment on the two vehicles was redundant. The state didn’t have any plans to replace the tractor-trailer unit, which was showing its age, so we went to SVI Trucks to design a new hazmat unit to replace our walk-through and gave the tractor trailer hazmat unit back to the state.”

Jason Kline, SVI’s sales manager for Colorado and Wyoming, says Campbell County had several requirements in the new hazmat rig. “They wanted an interior space where their personnel could get dressed in their hazmat suits, a research/command area, and a large capacity for storage of equipment,” Kline says. “It was a challenge to put all those elements together on the truck and still keep the vehicle maneuverable, but we were able to do so on a single rear axle chassis.”

SVI Trucks built this front walk-in hazardous materials truck for the Campbell County (WY) Fire Department. (Photos courtesy of SVI Trucks.)

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Campbell County (WY) Fire Department

Strength: 33 paid full-time firefighters, 50 volunteer firefighters; 10 stations.

Service area: provides fire suppression and rescue services covering 4,800 square miles in northeastern Wyoming, including the city of Gillette and all of Campbell County. The department is one of eight departments that provide technician-level hazardous materials and special operations response in a five-county area.

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Posted: Oct 18, 2022

Photo Apparatus of the Day: October 18, 2022

Seagrave—Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, Woodbridge, VA, Aerialscope. Marauder stainless-steel tilt cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; 95-foot Aerialscope platform; Harrison 10-kW generator. Dealer: Craig Williams, Williams Emergency Vehicle Services, Staunton, VA.

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Posted: Oct 18, 2022

Plymouth (MA) Approves Two New Fire Trucks Worth $2.4M

Plymouth (MA) approved capital projects that included $2.4 million for the fire department at its October 15 Fall Town Meeting, WickedLocal.com reported.

Those projects included $1.5 million for a new ladder truck and $907,588 for a new pump engine, the report said.

Their purchases were pushed up in response to rising costs, according to the report. 

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Posted: Oct 18, 2022

St. Paul’s (SC) Fire District Welcomes Custom Cab Pumper Truck

St. Paul’s Fire District welcomed a new addition to the family Monday, ABCNews4.com reported.

The station received a custom cab pumper truck, which cost more than $500,000, the report said. It is the first vehicle of its kind that the department has ever had.

As part of the truck’s welcome, staff at the station held a prayer for the truck, according to the report.

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Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Chair

Elliot Courage
North Whatcom Fire & Rescue
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Vice Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Vice Chair

Mike Smith 
Pierce County Fire District #5
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Secretary

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Secretary

Greg Bach
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue
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Director #1

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #1

Doug Jones
South Kitsap Fire & Rescue
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Director #2

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #2

Paul Spencer 
Fire Fleet Maintenance LLC
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Director #3

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #3

Jim Morris
Mountain View Fire Department
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Director #4

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #4

Arnie Kuchta

Clark County Fire District 6

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Director #6

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #6

Brett Annear
Kitsap County Fire District 18
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Director #5

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #5

Jay Jacks
Camano Island Fire & Rescue
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Posted: Oct 21, 2015

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Posted: Oct 20, 2015

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Brian Fortner
Graham Fire & Rescue

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