By Ricky Riley In past Rig articles and Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment articles, I have championed having numerous options for receiving water to your engine company. Making sure you have all the tools in the tool box to be able to supply the engine with...
Ask A Darley Engineer: Driveline Layout for Pump Installations
Q: How does Darley determine if a driveline layout is acceptable for a pump installation? A: Darley closely reviews four key categories before approving a driveline application. We begin by determining if the driveline diameter can handle the maximum torque to be...
Meeting the Intent of NFPA 1901
By Bill Adams During the apparatus purchasing process, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus, is the accepted “bible” for fire departments and apparatus manufacturers (OEMs). Unfortunately, both can interpret it...
Observing Data and Traffic Control
By Bill Adams After cruising several apparatus manufacturers’ Web sites and attending local and regional fire service trade shows, I’ve noticed many apparatus manufacturers are making modifications in the various ways they address the marketplace. Some are quite...
E-ONE/Freightliner 1,250/3,000 Tanker-Pumper
This is a 1992 E-ONE/Freightliner 3000 gallon Tanker Pumper with a 1,250-gpm pump and 1¾-inch Front jump line and a 1¾-inch side jump line. It carries 1,200 feet of 3-inch supply line , four SCBA , two 2.5-inch tank fills on the rear with a 5-inch Jet dump on the...
2011 E-ONE Typhoon 1,500/1,000 Pumper
2011 E-ONE Typhoon Custom Pumper 450-hp Cummins Engine Waterous 1,500 gpm pump with Waterous Elclipse CAFS system 1,000-gallon tank 50-gallon foam cell Will-Burt Light tower Hydraulic 10-kW generator Whelen lighting
Rig of the Day: Bellevue Volunteer Fire Company, Cheektowaga, NY, Custom Pumper
Custom Pumper Dealer E-ONE Body Extruded aluminum Chassis Typhoon with 58″ CA Engine Cummins L9 450-hp Tank 780-gallon water tank Axles Single Pump E-ONE 1500-gpm
Thoughts on the Deck Gun
By Ricky Riley During recent purchases of new apparatus, we took a look at how we can deploy master stream devices off our new engines. What seems to be a growing unfortunate trend in the fire service is the alarming number of large fires in buildings under...
Glendale (AZ) Fire Department Takes Delivery of Final E-ONE eMAX Pumper of Six-Engine Order
By Alan M. Petrillo The Glendale (AZ) Fire Department has received the sixth E-ONE eMAX pumper of the half dozen it ordered late in 2017. The department previously had E-ONE build other eMAX pumpers for it, one in 2015 and two in 2016. Wayne Smith, Glendale's chief,...
Wooster Township (OH) Fire Department Gets KME PRO Custom Pumper
By Alan M. Petrillo Wooster Township (OH) Fire Department was seeking to modernize its aging fleet by replacing two pieces of apparatus with one, choosing to focus on a wet rescue vehicle, essentially a...
Gallery: Rigs on the Show Floor at FDIC International 2018
FDIC International is practically underway. Exhibitors continue to get their booths ready for the show’s opening on April 26. Here’s a sampling of some rigs on the show floor.
The Rig: It’s the Little Things
By Ricky Riley When trying to come up with ideas for this month’s Rig article, I spent a lot of time looking at our new delivery of engines. We were fortunate enough to purchase six engines over the last year...