LADDERS

  Ladder 51.   It is a 2003 Smeal, 75' aerial on a Spartan Metro Star Chassis. It has a 1500 GPM Waterous pump. This is the first truck to roll on any structure fire.  Get some more pics on the Ladder 51 page.
 

ENGINE 9. This is a 1978 Smeal 75' on a Ford Chassis.

RESCUE PUMPER

UNIT 32.  This is the first pumper to leave the station on car accidents and car fires.  It is a Smeal Watchdog pumper on a HME chassis.  It has a 1250 gpm pump with foam plumbed into 3 outlets.  It carries the jaws, rams, and many SCBA's.  It also has a hydraulic generator and two high intensity lights to help light up dark scenes.

Rescue 32-Slated for delivery May of 2009.  Here are a few preliminary specs. 

Long Spartan Gladiator Classic chassis with 20" raised roof
450 Cummins ISM
Fully multiplexed with two display panels
Waterous 1500 GPM pump with CAFS (200cfm)
1000 gallon water tank
20kw Harrison hydraulic generator
Electric jaws simulpump with 2 preconnected 100' hose reels
Hydraulic drop down ladder rack for ladders, hard suction, and pike poles
9000 watt light tower-3000 watts of additional scene lighting
2-200' electric cord reels
Scene camera with DVR
Backup camera
Full 26" depth compartments and top coffin storage
Federal Q2B
Fire-Com system
Automatic wheel chains
All Whelen LED lighting
 

TANKERS

Unit 40 aka "Big Bird".  It has a 2000 gallon Smeal tank unit.  It is equipped with a 18 horse motor with a Waterous pump.

UNIT 42.  This is our newest taker of the fleet.  It is a Danko 2000 gallon poly tanker on a 2000 GMC chassis.  It is also equipped with a 18 horse motor/pump and a generator.  

UNIT 49.  This is our 3000 gallon tanker.  It is a Smeal tanker with a International chassis.  It has a PTO pump.

GRASS RIGS

This is our newest grass rig in service August of 2005.  It is a 1999 Ford 1 Ton with a Powerstroke diesel.  We used the skid (pump/tank) unit from old 22. 

UNIT 27.  We have replaced the unit on the left but still have the white unit. 

UNIT 28.  This is our third grass rig.  No, it isn't pretty.  We know that.  But for some reason, its the one everybody wants to take.  It also has water storage as well as a pump.  The bull horns were a factory option.

RESCUE UNIT

Put in service on July 12th, is a 2004 Medtec.  Some of the features include hydraulic O2 bottle loading system and LED lighting.  We've got some 99-1 wallpaper on the wallpaper page.
 

UNIT 99-2.  Put in service 9.26.02, this is our 1996 Life Line type III squad.  It sits on a 350 Ford with a turbo charged powerstroke diesel. 

We are now using a Stryker Power Pro cot in our frontline squad.  We also purchased a new Stryker stair chair.  Both will help to prevent injuries to our volunteers as well as a safer ride to our patients.

OTHER VEHICLES

UNIT 102.  This truck carries equipment that we couldn't fit on the other trucks.  This includes 1000' of 5" hose and well as hundreds of feet of 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" hose.  It also has a large generator and 4 halogen scene lights.

  UNIT 26.  This is our personnel carrier.  It is a 2001 3/4 ton Suburban.  This unit is equipped with a all LED lightbar, and pack rt's that allow us to patch in with most surrounding counties radio systems.
Here is a link to a clip of the lightbar in action.  It is a large file @ 35mb.

WATER TUBE

We use this tube to hook into hydrants and irrigation wells so that we can simply pull tankers under the end of it and fill through the top inlets.  It is a very fast and easy way to fill tankers.  It has a ball hitch and can be pulled to the scene with 22, 26, and 102.

OTHER GEAR

MSA Evolution 3000 THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA.  This is a tool that will have many uses.  Ranging from finding a victim in a smoke filled room to sensing hot spots in walls to avoid unnecessary destruction of property.  Unlike a regular video camera or night vision camera, this one does not rely on light at all.  It senses heat and creates an image based on temperature differentials.  The more white an object  appears, the more heat is being produced, in turn the darker the object appears, the cooler the object is.  There are two examples below.

In this image, notice the plaques hanging on the wall.  The wall is an exterior concrete block wall and it is easy to see even the slightest differential between the wall and the plaques.
 

BUNKER GEAR.  This is some of the members bunker gear.  They are the protective clothing we wear on calls.  This picture only shows a portion of the 50+ sets of gear that we have.

SCBA.  These are Self Contained Breathing Apparatus.  We have 30+ of these units which are basically pressurized air that we can breathe in smoke filled environments.  

JAWS.  These are the tools used to extricate people from vehicle accidents.  They include a set of 3 rams, a cutter-spreader tool, and the hoses.  There are two power units that we carry to run this equipment.  One is a air powered unit and the other is a gasoline powered unit.  We also carry another full set of jaws on unit 102.

AIR COMPRESSOR.  This unit is used to fill our SCBA's.  It is also used by the other departments in our mutual aid district.  It is a Eagle 8000 psi compressor.  

 MSA VAPOR MONITOR.  This piece of equipment is used to "sniff" for hazardous gasses or fumes.  It is commonly used to check for natural gas or propane leaks but can also sniff many different vapors.

  HEAT GUN.  This instrument is used to sense heat.  It can be aimed at a wall and tell you if there is a fire behind it or not.  That way, we can detect hot spots and eliminate them without having to tear down walls unnecessarily. 

  AIR CASCADE.  There are 4, 6000 psi air tanks on this trailer.  It is used to refill SCBA's at the scene of a fire and makes many mutual aid calls.

FOOSBALL TABLE.  This piece of equipment is instrumental in the development of good hand-eye coordination.  We've gotten hours of enjoyment from it.