The Green Valley Fire District welcomed the newest addition to its fleet this week with a little help from the community, GVNews.com reported.

Crews officially put a new ladder truck into service September 15, following a traditional push-in ceremony to christen the engine, the report said. The ceremonial apparatus push-in dates to the 1800s, when firefighters relied on horse-drawn equipment.

In honor of those early crews, many fire departments host their own push-in ceremony to mark the arrival of a new apparatus, and invite the community to join in celebrating the moment their tax dollars made possible.

The new engine – which cost the district a little under $900,000, including all the tools, technology and equipment on-board – was part of a $13 million bond initiative approved by Green Valley voters by more than a 97% margin in November 2020, according to the report. The new engine is expected to last 20 years.

That older engine, which served the Green Valley area for 24 years, will be transferred to Drexel Heights Fire District and will be available for reserve use if needed by GVFD, the report said.

Because of overwhelming support from our community, GVFD put into service today "Ladder 151" at station 151. Crews and community members celebrated with the traditional "Push-In" ceremony to mark the occassion. pic.twitter.com/CfwSp1sEmK

— Official GV Fire PIO (@GVFDPIO) September 15, 2022

A Montpelier fire truck received an upgrade when it was in the shop recently for repairs, BryanTimes.com reported.

Montpelier Fire Department’s pumper tanker, known as 67, got a new frame and tandem axle, the report said.

Raleigh Fire Station 22 hosted an open house Saturday for its new $9 million, 15,000 square foot facility, 11ABC.com reported.

To the Rescue Carl J. Haddon

Those of us who have actively been in the American fire service for more than a few years have all shaken our heads at one time or another over the practical applicability (or lack thereof) of various National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.

Please allow me to validate the applicability of the new 2022 version of NFPA 18A, Standard on Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation, which covers encapsulator agents in particular.

Many of you know that I have extensively used and been a proponent of encapsulator agent technology since the mid to late 1990s when I first encountered it while working for Penske Motorsports and NASCAR.

For those who may be unfamiliar with “true” encapsulator agents, these products are often confused with Class A and Class B foams, of which an encapsulator agent is neither. “Foams” are just what their names imply. When they come out of the end of a specialized “foam” nozzle, Class B foams produce a blanket of foam bubbles designed to smother a single-dimensional, flowing fuel fire, by NFPA 11, Standard for Low-, Medium-, and High-Expansion Foam.

Often misunderstood, NFPA 11 states that foams are contraindicated for use on multi-dimensional (i.e., vertical surfaces) fires, as the foam blanket is challenged by gravity on any surface other than flat, horizontal ones. Most of our current fire apparatus are equipped with traditional foam systems that hold foam concentrate and, when employed, introduce foam concentrate into the apparatus or foam trailer’s water stream, typically at a solution of 1 to 6%, to achieve the desired foam blanket for the application.

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