Butte County Interagency Hazardous Materials Team

From Hackney:
Butte County, located in Northern California, took delivery of their second Hackney Haz-Mat Emergency Response Vehicle. The Butte County Fire Department, affiliated with the California Department of Forestry, provides regional haz-mat response throughout northern California. Battalion Chief Dan Dyer has headed the task force in the design and implementation of these vehicles.

The Hackney DFC1273R Haz-Mat body is mounted on a Spartan medium four-door Advantage with six-man seating and 10" raised roof cab with a wheelbase of only 226". A slide-out stainless steel desk is installed between the two rear facing seats for on-site logistics and command operations.

The body features a huge 825 cu.ft. of storage space, plus large coffin compartments on the recessed roof (over 100 cu.ft of additional space). Chief Dyer elected to purchase his second Hackney because of its ability to transport long distances the huge haz-mat cache in one single response vehicle. This is made possible by the exclusive drop/pinch frame technology utilized by Hackney permitting 40" of compartment depth from the lower floor to the top of the compartment, eliminating the typical wasted space where the conventional frame rails are located (see Drop Pinch Frame).

The 21.5 ft long body feature full body length awning on the left and right sides. One of the compartments is dedicated to self-contained breathing air and incorporates a slide-out rack that will accommodate up to twelve complete 4.5 SCBA's in a "back-up and go" donning configuration. Storage tubes for twelve spare bottles are also provided next to the slide-out rack.

900 watt flood lights are provided on the upper left and right side body and two 750 watt tripod flood lights are mounted on the rear. The electrical is 100% multiplexed and features a color LCD control panel that activates the LED lighting package. The display screen additionally provides engine, transmission, axle and other pertinent chassis data and fluid levels, as well as graphic warning displays.

Technical Drawing - http://www.rescueleader.com/rescue/deliveries/docs/butte_techdraw.pdf