Apparatus Deliveries
John M. Malecky
The Chevron Fire Department serves a refinery in Richmond, California with this EMERGENCY ONE platform quint. The unit can provide overhead cooling streams for a process unit fire and serve as a rescue device for a high-point anchor and to lower a litter patient. The four-square-mile facility employs 2,100 and manufactures all grades of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, LPG, lubrication oils, and wax, according to Chief Anthony Semenza.
Features/Equipment:
Hurricane chassis with 252-inch wheelbase;
cab seating for six;
DETROIT Series 60 500-hp diesel engine;
ALLISON HD 4060 automatic transmission;
HALE QSMG single-stage, 2,000-gpm pump;
five-inch front suction;
two crosslays, each 200 feet with 134-inch hose;
one crosslay with 200 feet of 212-inch hose;
two five-inch discharges;
EDWARDS foam concentrate pump;
WILLIAMS Hot Shot No. 1 balance pressure foam system;
EMERGENCY ONE 750-gallon foam tank;
95-foot platform with 1,000-pound payload capacity;
13-foot, eight-inch outrigger spread;
two ELKHART Scorpion electric 1,000-gpm monitors on platform;
breathing air to platform and turntable;
aluminum body with 13 storage compartments;
two HAVIS SHIELDS Collins spot/floodlights on front of platform;
two NORTHSTAR 500-watt telescoping floodlights at rear of platform;
two GFE Extenda Lite 500-watt floodlights on rear of cab; and
HONDA five-kw gasoline generator.
