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Arizona
Custom Fab & Body-North County Fire & Medical Group, Sun City, pumper-tanker. Freightliner 108SD cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 400-hp engine; Darley PSP 1,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 3,000-gallon tank; Newton stainless steel swivel dump valve and chute. Sold by William Hutchins, Arizona Fire Apparatus, Chandler, AZ. Delivery in June 2016.
California
HME-Garden Valley Fire Department, wildland pumper, Model 34D. International 7400 4x4 cab and chassis; MaxxForce9 330-hp engine; Darley LSPH 1,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 1600 Class A foam system; Darley 1-1/2AGE 180-gpm portable pump. Sold by Bob Becker, Fire Truck Sales & Service, Woodland, CA. Delivery in January 2016.
Illinois
Pierce-Berwyn Fire Department, PUC pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single stage pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in April 2016.
Toyne-Lynn-Scott-Rock Fire Protection District, Davis Junction, rescue-pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 380-hp engine; Waterous CSCUC20 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell. Sold by Nick Dinges, Illinois Fire Store, Amboy, IL. Delivery in December.
Pierce-Scales Mound Fire Protection District, heavy-duty walk-around rescue. Saber cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 20-foot, five-inch walk-around rescue body; Will-Burt NS4.5 light tower; Harrison 10-kW generator; breathing air cascade system, 6000 ASME/IHT hydraulic system. Sold by Rick Berndt, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in December.
Toyne-Sublette Fire Protection District, rescue-pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 380-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 2001 Class A foam system; Onan 6-kW generator. Sold by Tracy Fleming, Illinois Farm Store, Amboy, IL. Delivery in April 2016.
Indiana
Pierce-Evansville Fire Department, pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; Sold by Rob McAtee, Global Emergency Products, Whitestown, IN. Delivery in February 2016.
Pierce-Fort Wayne Fire Department, two pumpers. Saber FD cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 370-hp engines; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks; 30-gallon foam cells; Elkhart eductor 240-95P Class B foam systems. Sold by Garry Davis, Global Emergency Products, Whitestown, IN. Delivery in February 2016.
Pierce-Griffith Fire Department, pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Pierce Husky 3 Class A foam system; Harrison IHT hydraulic system. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in May 2016.
Iowa
Alexis-Bettendorf Fire Department, hazmat/rescue. HME 1871 raised roof cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; 22-foot walk-around rescue body; Will-Burt Night Scan vertical light tower with four Whelen LED light heads; mast camera on light tower; WeatherPack portable hazmat weather station; Onan 20-kW generator. Sold by Greg Landon, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL. Delivery in February 2016.
Pierce-Burlington Fire Department, PUC pumper. Arrow XT cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500 single-stage pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Husky 3 single-agent foam system. Sold by Dustin Scholz, Reliant Fire Apparatus, Slinger, WI. Delivery in April 2016.
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Posted: Nov 6, 2015
W.S. DARLEY & CO and the NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL (NVFC) have announced a partnership to provide all NVFC members the benefit of a 10 percent discount on orders placed on edarley.com. In addition, Darley has also agreed to donate 10 percent of all proceeds from member sales to the NVFC. Darley supports more than 300 charitable organizations each year and aims to donate at least 10 percent of all profits back to the communities that it serves. Paul Darley, president and CEO, praises the NVFC for its great work and comments, “We’ve been long-time supporters of the NVFC and believe it’s more important than ever to support our volunteer fire departments. They are the backbone of the fire service in the USA. It is our hope that this program will assist them with the budget constraints they’re facing while providing financial assistance to the organization that supports them.” Under the program, Darley will donate $100,000 to the NVFC for every $1 million in equipment purchased by the NVFC’s nearly 20,000 members.
HME has announced that the Bridpot (VT) Fire Department has taken delivery of an all-new HME MiniEvo™, which is integrated onto a 2015 Ford F-550 Super-Duty Crew Cab XL. This MiniEvo combines exclusive HME Ahrens-Fox Hydra Technology™ with a 1,500-gpm Hale DSD midship pump, all mounted within a 24-inch heated pump house. Other features include a Powerstroke 6.7-liter V-8 OHV direct diesel injection 32-valve intercooled turbo diesel engine; six-speed electronic Select-Shift automatic transmission; stainless steel piping, panels, and framework; Fire Research TankVision; dual 1½-inch crosslays; TurboFoam Class A foam system with a 17-gallon foam tank; and a 400-gallon T-tank for water.
BETTER TOOLS, LLC announced that the Oxnard College Fire Academy & Technology in Oxnard, California, has taken delivery of the EZ Spanner™ Ratcheting Fire Hydrant Wrench to incorporate into its fire recruit training curriculum. Faculty/department chair and retired Los Angeles City (CA) Captain Mike Ketaily comments, “I am very happy to incorporate the EZ Spanner Ratcheting Hydrant Wrench into our curriculum. We have identified the benefit that the EZ Spanner brings to the profession of firefighting. We can teach our students to keep their body in a safe position while opening hydrants and reduce the chance of injuries.” Because of the ratcheting mechanism, the EZ Spanner™ enables firefighters to open obstructed fire hydrants faster.
As part of LION’s ongoing commitment to fulfill the personal safety, readiness, and identity needs of first responders, the company recently completed construction of a new training center. Housed in LION’s corporate office, LION University provides advanced education on the complex and technical nature of firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE). Each course, designed to challenge and engage participants, is supported with a comprehensive curriculum with instruction from leading industry professionals. LION University is an innovation in industry training, keeping LION dealer sales representatives current on requirements of first responders and technical advancements across the marketplace. “We are proud to educate dealer sales representatives of LION on the unique differences built into each LION PPE product,” says Mark Smith, senior vice president of LION. “We recognize the complexity and technical nature of PPE sales to first responders. LION is pleased to have this strategic initiative come to life and keep our sales representatives, as well as first responders, ready for action.”
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Tampa (FL) Fire Rescue has taken delivery of three Braun custom Super Chief Type 1 medium-duty ambulances, one a bariatric unit, and integrated them into its fleet of 14 advanced life support (ALS) ambulances.
Standardizing the Fleet
Frank Pfister, specifications officer for Tampa Fire Rescue, says the first unit was put in service last year, while the second and third (the bariatric unit) went into service in September. Tampa Fire Rescue’s fleet of ambulances shows an assortment of brands accumulated over the years, including Med Tech, Horton, Wheeled Coach, and others. While the department tried to keep continuity among the rigs, with equipment stashed in similar compartments, it was a difficult chore because of manufacturing differences and designs.
“Our neighboring department, Temple Terrace Fire Department, ran Braun ambulances,” Pfister says. “We asked them about the rigs and if they would buy Braun ambulances again. They said they were very happy with Braun and gave their ambulances a big thumbs up. That led us to buy our first Braun ambulance in September 2012.”
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| Tampa (FL) Fire Rescue purchased three Braun Super Chief Type 1 medium-duty ambulances on Freightliner M2 chassis to replace three older units in its fleet. (Photos courtesy of Tampa Fire Rescue.) |
Pfister says that the department’s officers and paramedics like the fit and finish as well as the performance of the Braun ambulance, so they decided to order three ambulances of the same design, with an exception for the one that would serve as a bariatric unit. The resulting rigs are built on Freightliner M2 chassis in the Super Chief design, powered by Cummins ISB 6.7-liter 260-horsepower engines and Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmissions.
Chad Brown, vice president of sales and marketing for Braun Industries, says the Tampa ambulances feature solid body aluminum construction. “We take flat sheets of aluminum, bend them to individual custom shapes, then full seam weld them on the outside of the truck to make a unitized body,” Brown says. “We build our cabinets in the same way-all aluminum and welded in so that the cabinets become part of the structure of the unit. Everything then is sprayed and seal coated.”
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| One of the Braun-built rigs for Tampa Fire Rescue is a bariatric unit designed to handle heavier than typical patients. The unit has a winch at the head of the cot that’s used to ease a patient-loaded cot into the back of the rig. |
Cindy Morgan, vice president of equipment and rescue sales for Ten-8 Fire Equipment, the Braun dealer for Florida and Georgia that sold the rigs to Tampa, says Tampa wanted to match its existing fleet of ambulances in terms of exterior compartment sizes and the interior layouts. “They wanted to be able to have the same equipment in compartments, even though the other ambulances were made by different manufacturers.”
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