This month, Darley engineers cover the latest with C8 Class B foams. Also, read about how a Maryland department is phasing in rigs using components of the “Clean Cab Concept.” Additionally, Ricky Riley is back this month with “Pieces and Parts” and how apparatus purchasing committees should approach specifying them on new rigs. Details are below.
Ask a Darley Engineer: What Is the Latest with C8 Class B Foams?
Recent awareness of PFAS (per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances) environmental contamination is changing the Class B foam industry, and the fire industry should be aware of this issue.
The fire apparatus industry is taking a proactive stance when it comes to firefighter cancer prevention by designing new apparatus that makes it easier for firefighters to decontaminate after a fire.
Parts and pieces are what get our rigs to calls each and every day. You, as the purchaser, need to do your own vetting and understand the availability and durability of those parts on your apparatus.
ITC Tank Farm Fire Extinguished with Darley ZSM 3000 Pumps
Firefighters used Class B foam and water to gain control of the situation. Darley’s ZSM industrial firefighting pumps were the pumps of choice on the fire trucks nearest the blaze.
SURE-GRIP uses a wider, heavy-duty, all-weather hook-and-loop strap to provide more surface area and a more precise, more “true” grip on every tool, regardless of handle shape.
The system is a turnkey bolt-on upgrade to replace the factory leaf spring suspension on shuttle bus, ambulance, RV, and work truck applications with Ford, Ram, GM, and EV chassis.
