Emissions for 2010

What are your thoughts on the upcoming NFPA emission changes? Urea is going to be added to all apparatus to help burn cleaner. Are any of you converting yet and how expensive is this really going to be for us? Buying a new truck seems to get harder and harder every year.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Wood on April 14, 2010 at 3:31pm

Update...04/14/2010

It has been suggested that our employees were confused with the dash board light indicating "regeneration is needed" and the one indicating "extremely hot exhaust".

Both symbols use the same basic design. The regeneration one has the image of a filter and the hot exhaust one has the image of a thermometer. At a glance, one could be confused. Very high exhaust temperatures can be generated during "Passive Regeneration" which can occur when the apparatus is under normal driving conditions. Thus the light warning you not to park near combustible items comes on, and some may think they are being told to regenerate. I am not fully sold on this theory yet.

We have learned of multiple recalls for the regeneration equipment on our one CAT motor. This is Day 9 and the ladder truck remains O.O.S. as it is not completing the regeneration process.

We are trying a new process of having our shop force the regeneration via the vendor provided software.

Tom Wood