APPARATUS DELIVERIES
The Charlotte (MI) Fire Department has in service this pumperrescue unit built by General Safety Equipment Corporation. Chief Kevin Fullerton says that they needed to replace a pumper and provide more room for carrying haz-mat equipment.
The Charlotte Fire Department believes that nothing, including ladders, should be stored out in the open: Inside storage protects equipment from the elements. They designed the pumper with ladder and pike pole storage alongside the hosebed in long compartments accessible from the rear. This feature allows for high side compartments on both sides of the vehicle. In all, there are nine tool and equipment compartments.
The unit is mounted on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with 4-door tilt cab and seating for six. The Waterous model CSYBX, single-stage, 1,000-gpm pump has side intakes only. It has a 5-inch right side discharge and carries 800 feet of 5-inch hose. There are two crosslays for 1 Vi-inch hose and one for 2’/2-inch hose. The pumper carries 1,000 gallons of water and has a 4,500-watt Dynamote powered by the diesel alternator and four 500-watt quartz lights mounted two on each side. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)
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Ellensburg, Washington is located in a rural area in the center of the state. It is the largest city in Kittitas County and is the home of Central Washington University. The students comprise one-half of the city’s population of 12,000. The city covers about six square miles and has an ISO rating of Class 4. Fire Chief Steve Adler explains that the department’s new Seagrave pumper was purchased with the use of 5-inch supply hose and the ease of use of preconnected 1 ¾inch hose in mind. The apparatus carries 1,000 feet of this I.DH and has a 5-inch left side discharge.
With regard to attack lines, there are five 1 ‘/2-inch and one 2’/2-inch discharges in the crosslays. An Akron Apollo SI monitor is directly connected by 3-inch pipe to the pump, which is a Waterous, CSU, 1,500-gpm, single-stage with a supplemental 5-inch intake at the rear. The water tank holds 500 gallons.
Features include a top-mount pump control panel, an AFFF eductor system with 20-gallon tank, and the prepiped monitor. The pumper also features a “J” model 4-door cab with seating for six, a 166-inch wheelbase, 13 tool and equipment compartments, a 4-kw Winco gasoline generator, and two 500-watt Tele-Lites. (Photo by Bill Hattersley.)
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Tlie Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company of Baltimore County, Maryland wanted a call and chassis for its new pumper that would allow for a five-firefighter crew cab and still stay within an overall vehicle length of 28 feet, according to Engineer Robert D. Baron.
The pumper was built by Saulsbury on a Mack “MR” chassis with a tilt cab that seats seven and a 189-inch wheelbase. They like the maneuverability of the vehicle and the extra storage space high side compartments provide.
The unit has a Hale QSMG, single-stage, 1,250-gpm pump with a 5inch intake on each of the four sides of the vehicle. Attack lines for 1’/2-inch hose are located one at the front bumper and two each in the crossbeds and at the rear. There is also a 2’/2-inch discharge in the rear and a 3-inch LDH discharge at the right side. An Elkhart Stinger monitor prepiped with 3-inch piping to the pump is featured. The hosebed carries 1,200 feet of 5-inch hose. Mounted forward of the bed are two 500-watt telescoping floodlights powered by an inverter. (Photo by Joel C. Woods.)
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The Cleveland (TN) Fire Department has replaced a 1969 commercial pumper with a new Sutphen custom. It marks a return to custom fire apparatus for the CFD for the first time since 1977.
Chief David May states that the pumper has been set up for “quick attack”—with a 3-inch, prepiped Akron Apollo monitor; two 1 ½-inch preconnected lines in crosslays; and a 2 ½-inch preconnected line in the rear.
The pumper has a 175-inch wheelbase and a Hale, QSMG, 1,500gpm, single-stage pump. The vehicle has a 750-gallon water tank and carries 2,000 feet of 3’/i-inch hose and 500 feet of 2‘/>-inch hose.
Other features include twin midship-mounted booster reels, nine tool and equipment compartments, a 2.5-kw’ Winco generator, and two 500-watt telescoping floodlights mounted forward of the body. (Photo by Jay Thomson.)
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the city of Ardmore, Oklahoma has a population of 24,000. Its major industries are the Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company and the Total Oil Refiner)-.
Fire Chief Wayne Phelps says the department had to replace two 1958 aerial ladders, and the considerations in determining needs were reach and rescue capabilities for multistory structures including hospitals, schools, churches, shopping malls, and industry; budget restraints and manpower; station size, street accessibility, and apparatus maneuverability, and a desirable flow rate from a water tower provided by an adequate water supply from mains.
Ardmore chose a Sutphen aerial tow’er with a 95-foot platform. The unit has a 240-inch wheelbase, a 16′ 8″ outrigger spread, a 2-door custom cab, and a galvanneal apparatus body with 15 tool and equipment compartments. It has a Hale, QSMG, 1,500-gpm, singlestage pump. A 4-inch pipe feeds two 750-gpm Elkhart nozzles on the platform, w’hich has an 800-lb. payload capacity without water flowing. The vehicle carries 300 gallons of water and has 500 feet of 5-inch hose.
Other features include high railings on the tower boom, flat storage of ground ladders, reflective belts near the bottom of the cab and body, a 6-kw’ Onan diesel generator, a Churchville 500-watt telescoping light in the bucket, and a stationary 500-w’att light with swivel base on the cab canopy roof.
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Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, once primarily a farming community, is now rapidly growing into an upscale bedroom community and is home to a 2,200-acre industrial/office park. Included in the park is a Rust-Oleum Paint manufacturing facility and warehouse and a Super Valu food distribution center.
Fire Chief Paul G. Guilbert, Jr. explains that the new’ Pierce pumper/tanker will enable his department to convert from operating in a totally nonhydranted area to an area with and without hydrants. The large pump and 1,500 feet of 5-inch hose are to address the needs of the industrial park as well as commercial, residential, and multifamily residential development.
rhe apparatus is mounted on a Pierce Arrow chassis and has a 220inch wheelbase and a 4-door cab with seating for seven.
A heated pump compartment is featured for the Waterous CSUY, 1.500-gpm, single-stage pump. It has a 5-inch preconnected front intake with a 6-inch thread and 25 feet of 5-inch soft suction hose. Discharge and attack lines are enhanced by a right side 4-inch pipe with 5-inch Storz connection and crosslays for two 1¾and one 2½inch preconnects. An 800to 1,200-gpm Akron Apollo monitor with 3-inch direct piping to the pump is also featured.
The vehicle carries 1,500 gallons of w-ater and has a rear-mounted 10-inch Newton dump valve with extension. The body has 11 tool and equipment compartments and mounts a 4.4-kw Homelite gasoline generator and two 1.500-watt Extenda-Lites behind the cab. (Photo by John M. Maleck).)
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