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New Quints at Hilton Head Island
The two new quints from Spartan are arriving; one was featured at the recent South Carolina Firefighters Association annual convention in Myrtle Beach. Here are some early pictures of the apparatus (which are identical) with more to come. Furthermore, if you are interested, there's more discussion on aerial apparatus as well as truck company operations over at http://www.firefighternation.com/group/canceltheengine. If you aren't a member yet, you need to get on board. All the best truckies are hanging out there. See you soon.
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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on
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You guys must be proud. She's very beautiful!
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Betz on
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Hmm, I might have to come take a look at the new rig when I come down. I'll be in Beaufort the last week of July for about 10 days, and I'm sure a visit to Hilton Head is in the works. Don't let anyone scratch it up before I get there!
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Permalink Reply by Olivia Jones on
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She is a beauty, now if you wanted to bring her south for a test drive Id love to oggle her in person.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Mackie on
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Great looking rig. congrats! Be proud and look after it. Wonder how it would do in the mud bog?
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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Ted, I'm not Mick (still) but I can help.
These quints have Waterous single-stage pumps, 1,500 GPM with Foam Pro dual-concentrate onboard foam injector systems
Booster tank - 500 gal.
Class A foam concentrate tank - 25 gallons
Class B foam concentrate tank - 60 gallons
Aerial ladder - heavy duty, 103 feet with a remote controlled ladder pipe.
All pump controls, hoselines, and nozzles are color-coded.
Hose beds
1,000 feet 5-inch LDH, carried over the right rear wheels
Two 1-3/4 crosslays, 200 feet each
One 2-1/2 crosslay, 200 feet
One front bumper line, 1-3/4, 100 feet with an additional 100 feet dead-loaded beneath
One 2-1/2 leader line, 250 feet in a rear-pull-out tray.
One high rise pack (50 feet 2-1/2 with a gated wye in one bundle and 100 feet 1-3/4 with a nozzle in the other bundle)
Enclosed ground ladder rack - shared compartment with the leader line.
PPV fan and smoke ejector
Genesis combi tool
Chainsaw
Rotary saw
Full complement of hand tools, extinguishers, SCBA, and other NFPA 1901 equipment
25-foot pony section of 5-inch
50-foot pony section of 5-inch
25-foot section of 2-1/2 inch
MSA Evolution Thermal Imaging Camera and onboard docking station/charger
The layout, tools, pump panel configuration, etc. are designed to match our existing engine fleet as closely as possible. The nozzles are Akron Assault dual-purpose (fog and smoothbore break-apart) low pressure (50 PSI fog) nozzles identical to the ones on our engines.
These quints will also carry an AED, a BLS trauma bag, an ILS airway bag, and non-cardiac drugs, rope rescue equipment, water rescue equipment, and onboard Wi-Fi gateways and laptop computers.
Compartment lighting is white LED strip lighting.
The quints were engineered to fit into our existing stations. One will be first due on a heavy concentration of businesses, nursing homes, a hospital, and a propane tank farm in addition to residential and light commercial occupancies, schools, and churches.
The other will be first due on a heavy commercial area, apartment complexes, condos, hotels, apartment complexes, light residential, and several very large churches.
These quints replace older Ferrara units with 75-foot aerials, less compartment space, and six-wheel chassis.
The livery is identical to our existing 2008 Crimson/Spartan MetroStar engine fleet.
One of the coolest features is the LED Roto Ray warning light above the grille - red, red, white.
A realy cool of 1927 Roto Ray technology with 2010 LED lighting, and you can see these rigs coming from a loooong way away.
Warning devices include an electronic siren, a Federal Q, twin air horns, and a serious LED flasher package.
The onboard generators power twin brow lights (1,500 W each), two quick-raise lights (also 1.5K) and two dismountable tripod lights (also 1.5K). There is also a 300-ft electric cord reel to supply tool power and remote lights.
All front-line and reserve rigs here have Motorola Opticon traffic pre-emption systems and David Clark intercom/deafness prevention systems as well.
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Driver training on Engine 5 starts the second week in July with Engine 1 to follow shortly thereafter.
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Only for the officers - the driver needs both hands on the wheel, and the nozzleman and hydrantman should be focusing on their duties. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Mick Mayers on
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We couldn't get the diamond plate coffee cup holders but the espresso bar fit nicely between the two jump seats.
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Thanks. I have nothing.
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Permalink Reply by David Walker on
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hey ted we had the same issue in Sumter... years ago they bought a ladder truck and i guess they forgot to take into account the size of the bay. i heard that they actually had the floor dropped to get the ladder in!!
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Permalink Reply by FETC on
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Driver Training on Engine 5 starts second week of July. Just curious, did the spec committee debate the name? I noted I can't see any big lettering that says Engine 5 on the aerial..... that would look funny. We call our Quint, "Ladder 2", it tends to match that big thing on top, besides our whole fire prevention program would have to go in a new direction trying to explain to a 4 year old why the engine is a ladder but not called a ladder, LOL.
Just kidding guys, really nice job with this spec, it is definately a good looking piece. Congrats
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