Itasca, IL, July 13, 2021 – Darley, in partnership with KRW, has available three sizes of the Smart Bottle, a ruggedized, BPA-free, collapsilble bottle that stores flat but stands upright even when partially filled. It is ideal for disaster response and emergency...
Darley PSM Pump Surging in Popularity
By Jason S. Darley The Darley PSM 1500 Pump has continued to surge in popularity with many fire departments. Both the Detroit (MI) Fire Department and Boston (MA) Fire Department have been featured in recent Darley “We Switched” advertising campaigns as new Darley...
Video: Walk-Around of Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue’s Hazmat
If you missed Monday's live walk-around of Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue's Hazmat, view the video right here or scroll down. To see and engage in the chat feature of the webinar platform, visit svitrucks.com/svi-live-series. Riding on a Sutphen Monarch chassis, the...
KIMTEK Unveils Large Capacity Firelite® FDHP-303-300 Brush Truck Skid Unit
May 25, 2021 – Orleans, VT – KIMTEK has added a large capacity model to its brush truck series skid unit lineup. The new Series FIRELITE® FDHP-303-300 skid unit is desired by departments needing larger water capacity, affordable brush truck units with...
Video: Frenchtown Township (MI) Pumper Walkaround
Neil Hawley of the Frenchtown Township (MI) Fire Department recently conducted a walkaround of his department's two new Sutphen custom pumpers. Check out the video below. "Thank you, Frenchtown Township Fire Department for your trust in Sutphen and your local dealer,...
Sutphen Delivers SPH 100 Aerial Platform Quint to Alabaster (AL) Fire Department
By Alan M. Petrillo Alabaster (AL) Fire Department has been a customer of Sutphen for several years, so when it needed an aerial apparatus to complement the Sutphen engines it already owned, it naturally turned to Sutphen to configure an aerial device that would best...
Darley Delivering Four High-Water Custom CAFS Pumpers to Sheldon (TX) Fire & Rescue
By Alan M. Petrillo W.S. Darley & Co. has built four custom pumpers designed to ford high water conditions for Sheldon (TX) Fire & Rescue, a fire district in Harris County to the east of Houston. Roland Balderas, Sheldon’s assistant chief administrator, says...
Miami-Dade (FL) Heavy Rescue
https://youtu.be/24tlzs5s0hQ When spec’ing its new Heavy Rescue, Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue chose a 26′ stainless steel SVI body mounted on a 20″ raised roof Sutphen 73″ chassis, which houses a 500 HP Cummins X12 engine. This walk-in rescue apparatus comes with an...
Darley Announces Virtual Apparatus Conference for 2021
The Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) in partnership with the Fire Apparatus Manufacturers' Association (FAMA) powered by Darley, is pleased to announce the dates of the 2021 Virtual Fire Apparatus Conference. On May 18 and 19, 2021, 11:00AM - 3:00PM...
Elkhart (IN) Fire Department Gets SPH 100 Aerial Platform from Sutphen
By Alan M. Petrillo The Elkhart (IN) Fire Department covers the 32-square mile city of Elkhart with 140 paid firefighters working out of seven stations, and running six engines, one quint, one aerial platform, and three ambulances as front-line apparatus. When Elkhart...
Sutphen Enters the Tractor Drawn Aerial Market
DUBLIN, OHIO – Sutphen Corporation, the largest family-owned fire apparatus manufacturer in the nation, announces the launch of the Sutphen tractor drawn aerial. Adding to Sutphen’s expansive family of aerials, the 131-year-old, family-owned business...
Darley Builds CAFS Quick-Attack Truck for East Avon, NY
By Alan M. Petrillo East Avon (NY) Fire Department always was a believer in equipping its apparatus with foam systems, especially for industrial applications and for motor vehicle fires, but hesitated to get into compressed air foam systems (CAFS) until a new board of...