Apparatus Deliveries: June 2022

by John M. Malecky

The United Fire Company, Montrose, Pennsylvania, has in service this heavy-rescue truck built by MARION BODY WORKS.

Features/Equipment:
  • SPARTAN Metro Star LFD chassis with 250-inch wheelbase and 20-inch raised-roof cab;
  • CUMMINS L9 450-hp diesel engine;
  • 23-foot combination rescue body with walk-through to cab and four-person flip-up bench seating;
  • AMDOR roll-up compartment doors;
  • WARN 15,000-pound front winch; and
  • light and power with a 25-kw ONAN PTO generator, WILL BURT Night Scan with 17-foot vertical mast, and FRC lighting.

Marion Body Works: (715) 754-5261/www.marionbody.com


The East Nicolaus Fire Department, Yuba City, Sutter County, California, has in service this tanker built by MIDWEST FIRE.

Features/Equipment:
  • KENWORTH T880 chassis;
  • PACCAR MX-11 430-hp diesel engine;
  • DARLEY LSP 750-gpm PTO-driven pump;
  • APR 3,500-gallon water tank with four-inch rear hydrant fill;
  • extended front bumper with ELKHART Sidewinder monitor;
  • REAR VIEW camera system; and
  • FRC brow and scene lighting.

Midwest Fire Tanker: (800) 344-2059/www.midwestfire.com


The Johnson County Fire Department, New Century, Kansas, operates this mid-mount platform quint built by PIERCE MANUFACTURING.

Features/Equipment:
  • Arrow XT chassis with 271-inch wheelbase;
  • CUMMINS X15 565-hp diesel engine;
  • TAK-4 independent suspension;
  • WATEROUS S100 2,000-gpm pump;
  • UPF 300-gallon water tank;
  • 100-foot Ascendant platform with TFT M-R 2000 manual and TFT M-ER 2000, electric monitors;
  • Stokes basket compartment alongside of aerial;
  • aluminum body with AMDOR side roll-up compartment doors and one GORTITE rear roll-up door;
  • 10-foot, 11-inch overall height; and
  • WHELEN scene lighting.

Pierce Manufacturing: (920) 832-3000/www.piercemfg.com


Photo by author.

The Morganville Fire District 3, Marlboro Township, New Jersey, replaced a pumper and a special service vehicle with this rescue pumper built by SPARTAN ER.

Features/Equipment:
  • Gladiator ELFD chassis with a 251-inch wheelbase and six-seat cab with 20-inch raised-roof and EMS compartment;
  • CUMMINS X12 500-hp diesel engine;
  • DARLEY PSM single-stage, 1,500-gpm pump with a 1¾-inch front bumper line and TFT Crossfire deck gun with Extenda-Gun;
  • FOAM PRO 2002 system with 20-gallon Class A and 30-gallon Class B tanks;
  • UPF 785-gallon water tank;
  • 23½-foot body (includes 63-inch heated pump panel) with AMDOR roll-up compartment doors and two GIRARD awnings;
  • Five-ton WARN winch;
  • four-bottle air cascade system;
  • HURST E-Draulic rescue tools; and light and power with a HARRISON 10-kw hydraulic generator and COMMAND LIGHT Knight 2 and FRC scene lighting.

Spartan ER:
(605) 582-2300/www.spartaner.com

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