W.S. Darley and Company has partnered with Ford to develop a tactical command vehicle based on the new Ford Bronco platform. Peter Darley, Darley’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, says the tactical command vehicle is based on a 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands 4×4 with a Sasquatch off-road package, powered by a six-cylinder gasoline engine and a 10-speed automatic transmission. Wheelbase on the rig is 116 inches, overall length is 189 inches, and overall height is 74 inches.
Inside Darley: December 2023
https://youtu.be/wwEIzBb1G9Y?feature=shared Darley starts and ends every year looking at megatrends then analyzing how they affect our industry, customers, and business objectives. In this month's Inside Darley, we talk about the biggest megatrend, Artificial...
Santa Rosa (CA) FD Places Order for Two KME 101-Foot Tractor-Drawn AerialCats
The Santa Rosa Fire Department is set to receive two KME® 101-foot Tractor-Drawn AerialCats™ (TDA) to serve its area.
Fultondale Fire and Rescue (AL) Purchases New Spartan Pumper and 100-Foot Mid-Mount Platform
These two apparatus will serve as replacement trucks for the department.
Inside Darley: October/November 2023
Darley partnered with Ford Motor Company back in 1925 to build a fire truck on a Model T chassis. Nearly 100 years later, we’re proud to work with Ford again in launching the Bronco Wildland Firefighting Command Rig, a go-anywhere rig to help coordinate firefighting crews in New Mexico.
Atoka (TN) Fire Department Gets Sutphen SLR 75 Aerial-Ladder Quint
Atoka decided on a SLR 75 built on a Monarch heavy-duty custom chassis with a 62-inch four-door extended cab and a 10-inch raised roof seating five firefighters, three of them in SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) seats.
Walk-Around Video of Pedernales (TX) FD’s New Sutphen Pumper
Last month, the Pedernales Fire Department (TX) visited Sutphen for final inspection of its new custom pumper. Take a walk-around with Battalion Chief Chad Kubin to learn more about this impressive unit.
Exxon Mobile and Dow Chemical Demand Big Water
An industrial setting requires fire trucks to flow a high volume of pressured water and foam at an extremely high rate of speed to elevated storage tanks and large processing facilities.
Emergency Plug® | The Only Way to Safely Disable Electric Vehicles
The Emergency Plug® has been developed to prevent unpredictable vehicle movement by any full or hybrid electric vehicle (EV) in an emergency situation as well as during regular maintenance, quickly creating and maintaining a safe working environment.
San Bernardino County (CA) FD Orders Four KME Custom 4×2 Pumpers and a 4×4 Pumper
These new vehicles will join the existing fleet of more than 50 KME units currently in service within the county.
KME Delivers 101-Foot Tractor-Drawn AerialCat to West Palm Beach (FL) FD
This marks the first TDA ordered for the city of West Palm Beach. West Palm also has ordered a 103-foot 4 Section Tandem Axle KME Tuff Truck™.
Progress Is Complex and Possible
We are inspired by the overwhelming enthusiasm and creativity showcased in our second Thought Leadership Essay Competition. With a commendable 85 entries centered on recruitment and diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) within the fire service, it’s evident that our fire service heroes are eager to spotlight this important discussion.