Apparatus Deliveries: January 2020

Apparatus Deliveries by John M. Malecky
The San Jose (CA) Fire Department operates this PIERCE tiller with a 107-foot heavy-duty Ascendant aerial ladder.

The San Jose (CA) Fire Department operates this PIERCE tiller with a 107-foot heavy-duty Ascendant aerial ladder.

Features/Equipment:
  • An ARROW XT chassis with a raised-roof cab;
  • Detroit DD13 525-hp diesel engine;
  • a TAK-4 independent front suspension and a 58-foot, 11-inch overall length;
  • TFT Typhoon ladderpipe;
  • two front receivers for a portable winch;
  • oil dry hopper;
  • 204 feet of ground ladders;
  • HARRISON 15-kw generator;
  • WHELEN scene lights;
  • two Golights on the cab roof;
  • an AKRON electric cord reel; and
  • AMDOR roll-up compartment doors.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com


The Galesburg (IL) Fire Department operates this ALEXIS quint.

The Galesburg (IL) Fire Department operates this ALEXIS quint.

Features/Equipment:
  • SPARTAN Metro Star ELFD chassis with extended front bumper;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • front and rear five-inch intakes;
  • HALE Qmax 1,500-gpm pump, 2½-inch front discharge with a 1½-inch preconnect, three Mattydale preconnects (one 2½-inch and two 1½-inch) , and a rear three-inch discharge;
  • two manual TFT Typhoon monitors (left and right side);
  • a 400-gallon water tank;
  • a 78-foot RK aerial ladder with a four-inch waterway; and
  • TFT Typhoon RC remote-controlled monitor, side stack hose bed on right side, ROM roll-up compartment doors, and WHELEN scene lights.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com


The Beaver Emergency Services Commission (Viking, Alberta, Canada) placed in service this Crusader Tanker built by FORT GARRY FIRE TRUCKS.

The Beaver Emergency Services Commission (Viking, Alberta, Canada) placed in service this Crusader Tanker built by FORT GARRY FIRE TRUCKS.

Features/Equipment:
  • INTERNATIONAL HV 607 chassis;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • HALE 500-gpm PTO pump in a sidekick module;
  • four KZCO electric valve ground nozzles under the front bumper;
  • pump-and-roll capability;
  • a 3,000-Imperial gallon co-poly water tank with FIREMAN’S FRIEND external tank fill and a NEWTON 180° swivel dump chute;
  • AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
  • internal suction hose/pike pole storage;
  • enclosed ZICO folding hydraulic portable tank holder; and
  • FRC scene lighting.

To request information go to fireeng.hotims.com

Dave McGlynn and Brian Zaitz

The Training Officer: The ISFSI and Brian Zaitz

Dave McGlynn talks with Brian Zaitz about the ISFSI and the training officer as a calling.
Conyers Georgia chemical plant fire

Federal Investigators Previously Raised Alarm About BioLab Chemicals

A fire at a BioLabs facility in Conyers, Georgia, has sent a toxic cloud over Rockdale County and disrupted large swaths of metro Atlanta.