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Engine 2 - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT 1500 gpm/1000 gal./100 gal. foam
Carrying 3,000' of 4" LDH supply line (hence the high side body), it is also equipped with a Hurst® e-Draulic battery operated combi-tool.
Forestry 4 - 1989 AM General/2017 Buchlers 300/1200 gal.
Outfitted with a CET pump/tank, the rig was assembled/painted by Buchlers.
MVU-1 - 2012 Ford F350 4x4/Tempest Technologies
Funded through a Homeland Security grant, this mobile ventilation unit is one of only two in the entire region (the other is operated by the Fitchburg FD located 40 miles North - the next nearest unit of its' type is in Pennsylvania four states away!). Having responded as far south as Rhode Island and east to the City of Boston, this unyque rig features a 125,000 CFM (cubic feet pet minute) fan mounted on a scissor lift that can tilt/rotate
to facilitate ventilation up to two stories above ground. Operating on 95 octane fuel, it is supplied by an on-board
fuel tank (1.5 hrs) along with spare gas for a self contained run time of 5 hours.
Sutton FD (Worcester County, Massachuetts), Field Comm 1 - 2011 International DuraStar/Lifeline
Formerly serving as a frontline ambulance with Swansea EMS in Bristol County, this rig was converted in-house to act as a mobile field communications unit ("Field Comm"). Owned by Fire District# 7 (one of 15 districts statewide), this rig is operated by the Sutton FD serving twenty six fire departments in Southern Worcester County including the City of Worcester.
Purchased by Fire District # 7 who also paid for the lettering, the radio equipment was acquired through Homeland Security grant funding. Two thousand man hours on the part of Chief Maynard and Lt. Jeff Wilson
(including 80 hours spent scraping graphics off) were expended in-house to convert this rig into a mobile field communications unit providing unified radio interoperability among multiple agencies operating in the region.
The main portion of the patient compartment is equipped with three radio consoles with VHF/UHF/800 Mhz frequencies (mounted in brackets from police cruisers), a dry erase board and large screen monitor while a desktop computer is mounted in the walkway to the cab to utilize all available space. The rear doors of the patient compartment feature a partial walk-in area complete with a workbench to assemble portable radios with speaker mics
as well as hanging storage for a cache of incident command vests.
Field Comm 1 is outfitted with a portable repeater, cables/adapters, a portable antenna base for multiple antennas, bank chargers for portable radios and the ability to patch portable radios from low band to UHF for interoperability.
It also carries an EZ-Up® portable shelter and wheeled 5kw generator allowing the rig to operate on its' own self contained power source.
Antique - 1920 Seagrave