In This Issue: Deptford (NJ) E-ONE Midmount Platform; Nine-Rig Pierce Order; Ready for NFPA 1900?
Week 2 of the REV Fire Group Apparatus Conference & Expo has featured great education, great truck walk-arounds, and great conversation. If you haven’t registered yet, you can at www.revtruckexpo.com. This week covered Ferrara rigs. Next week we’ll be covering KME with special guest Brian Brown. And, don’t miss “Proven Truck Tactics That Might Surprise You” by Jason Joannides powered by FDIC International. Everything from this week is available on demand and there’s still plenty of time to enter to win Ferrara swag at www.revtruckexpo.com.
—Chris Mc Loone, Editor
Apparatus and Equipment Features
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Video
The Deptford Township (NJ) Fire District recently took delivery of this E-ONE 95-foot midmount platform quint.
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The Monahans (TX) Volunteer Fire Department chose a 16-foot aluminum SVI body mounted on a Freightliner M2 106 4-door chassis for its new medium rescue.
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Lieutenant Dave Mason walks around Chesterfield (VA) Fire and EMS’s Enforcer pumper with a PUC pump.
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Features
E-ONE built his custom pumper on its newly updated 100-inch-wide Cyclone cab and chassis for the Eagan (MN) Fire Department.
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REV Fire Group Apparatus Conference & Expo
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Join Chris Mc Loone, Bill Peters, Paul Christiansen, and Jason Louque for four Ferrara fire apparatus walk-arounds available on demand from the REV Fire Group Apparatus Conference & Expo.
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Mayday Monday: Tips and Techniques for Firefighter Survival is a monthly firefighter survival campaign championed by the District of Columbia Fire Department presented by Chief Tony Carroll.
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Next week we will be covering two aerials and two pumpers from KME. Also, get ready for FDIC International powered education at the "Proven Truck Tactics That Might Surprise You" Webinar as well as a REV Fire Group Webinar covering Idle Tech.
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Apparatus & Equipment News
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News
The new fire apparatus will support the department’s efforts to standardize its fleet to allow personnel consistency in their response and service delivery.
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News
The NXT 110 eliminates the traditional pump house through a unique configuration that allows for a shorter wheelbase and overall length to provide greater maneuverability.
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News
Gabrielli Truck Sales, a family-owned business since 1966, will be the premier provider of the Rosenbauer product line in several New York counties.
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Fire Apparatus
The Waukegan Fire Department has welcomed a new 95-foot Seagrave Aerialscope fire truck.
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We are excited to announce the launch of a new event, United Fire Conference, that will take place September 22-24, 2020, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. United Fire Conference is a fully immersive event experience that brings together and celebrates the unity of the fire service and supports its efforts in serving communities. The entire event experience and content program has been built by firefighters for firefighters with the backing of those who bring you FDIC International.
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This Week's Photos of the Day
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Photo of the Day
South Hill (VA) Volunteer Fire Department pumper. Predator MFD cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU-C20 1,750-gpm pump; 1,500-gallon polypropylene water tank; and 20-gallon foam cell.
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Photo of the Day
Pearl City (IL) Fire Protection District tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 3,500-gallon water tank; and Waterous PB3030 portable pump with a Kubota 24.8 diesel engine.
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More Photos of the Day
Unboxing with Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment
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Unbox Video Series
Join Editor Chris Mc Loone as he unboxes two components of the OnScene Solutions SafeTSystem air cylinder management system: the folding hand cart and holder carriers.
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Unbox Video Series
The Vulcan® 180 HAZ-LO® Lantern is a rechargeable, waterproof, intrinsically safe, multifunction lantern featuring the latest in power LED technology and two blue safety tail-light LEDs for rear visibility.
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From The Rig, The Fire Station, and The EMS Rig
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Brindlee Mountain works with and serves local fire departments by providing mobile pump testing. During one of these routine service calls, the technician learned the department had been searching for a used rescue truck for several years.
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The station has three double-deep, drive-through apparatus bays, with work areas along one wall and a training mezzanine above.
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EMS providers are injured or killed every year in ambulance accidents. It’s not a secret in EMS that sleep and provider wellness are secondary to the “mission.”
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Webcasts
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The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has conducted an extensive and detailed examination and evaluation of best practices for cleaning apparatus. Learn about the study and get an explanation of the findings and resulting policies and procedures.
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Greg Olson, Sr. Global Product Specialist for Industrial Hygiene and Respiratory Protection at TSI, and Bobby Halton, Editor in Chief at Fire Engineering, discuss respiratory protection and respirator fit testing.
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In the largest pandemic of our lifetime, learn how clinical leaders in both Texas and Colorado are using mobile technology to not only manage the COVID-19 crisis but also lay the foundation for the new reality of EMS, including Mobile Integrated Healthcare, Community Paramedicine, and Telehealth.
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This Webcast, presented by Thomas Dunne, deputy chief (ret.), Fire Department of New York, is geared to illustrate key points in preparation, size-up, fireground decision making, and communications. Videos, case studies, fireground radio transmissions, and interactive fire simulations are used to present the challenges inherent in making rapid emergency decisions.
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This Webcast will review identifying unknown powders and substances and also provide an overview of COVID-19 PPE considerations and decon. This information can serve as the basis for a standard operating procedure for your department that covers size-up; PPE; and respiratory selection, decontamination, and identification.
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Advertorial
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Is your department ready to quickly respond with ventilation support to areawide, large structure incidents? Join our Webinar, taking place on July 30 at 1 PM EST, and see how departments are greatly reducing their critical response time for ventilating large structures.
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Firefighting & Rescue Product Center
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Now the Trident AirPrime™ Fire Pump Primer can be powered by a standard, user-supplied SCBA cylinder for wildland trucks that don’t have air brakes.
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This product is available as an OEM installation or as an optional conversion kit to convert trucks with a Reyco Granning 79KB to an air suspension with a minimal amount of work.
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The Chanl Panl Mounting Posts are designed to be used with Chanl Panl boards. They are designed to save cabinet storage space and improve overall truck neatness and efficiency by providing a place for couplings, adapters, and accessories.
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