This Sutphen custom pumper is built on a Sutphen Monarch chassis with a raised-roof, four-door, five-person cab.

There’s been a fundamental change in the traditional “competitive bid” process used to purchase apparatus as well as noticeable changes in the attitudes of some apparatus buyers and sellers.

A number of service techs and other fire fighters from two different states spent four days learning the intricacies of water pumps that are vital equipment on most fire trucks.

Brindlee Mountain has been tracking the things you need to look for when buying a used apparatus and things you should avoid.

Some proponents of the concept advocate keeping turnout gear (personal protective clothing) out of the crew cab at all times. There is no questioning keeping contaminated gear out of the cab

The Darley Vision CAFS Pumper is an apparatus with a sizable tank and foam option.

Ferrara Fire Apparatus built this Super Pumper for Equilon Enterprises LLC Shell Convent Refining on a Inferno chassis and XMFD four-door cab with an 8-inch raised roof that's set up to seat six firefighters.

This pumper-tanker is available now from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus.

Marek was honored by Spartan at an awards ceremony at the Fire Department Safety Officers Association’s (FDSOA) Fire Apparatus, Safety, and Maintenance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

This article does NOT address warning lights when responding. However, some comments made could be applicable to that mode. It addresses warning lights used in the blocking-the-right-of-way mode.