Features

Shown are Sutphen rigs on scene and operating at a two-alarm fire in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Wethersfield (CT) Fire Department has recently taken delivery of this Sutphen heavy-duty custom 1,500/750 pumper.

Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus recently delivered this 4x4 rig built on a Freightliner cab and chassis to Sherman County, Kansas.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus, does not require an onboard generator on any of its various apparatus classifications. Nor does it require one under what specific minor equipment “shall be available” before a rig is placed in service.

The SA 75 aerial quint Sutphen delivered to Columbia is on a Monarch heavy duty custom chassis with a 62-inch extended four-door cab and 10-inch raised roof with seating for four firefighters, three in SCBA seats.

A department needing to add a rescue truck to its fleet starts the search with a pump test.

The Pedernales Fire Department, in Spicewood, Texas, recently took delivery of this custom Sutphen pumper built on a Monarch cab and chassis with 73-inch cab and 10-inch raised roof.

The Walker Township (PA) Fire Company got two KME engines, a 2013 and 2010, from the Eddington (PA) Fire Company in a deal brokered by Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus. (Photos courtesy of the Walker Township Fire Company.)

Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus offers a warranty on its inventory trucks. And more importantly, it has a system in place to act swiftly on all warranty claims.

As long as the rig has an adequate water supply, and no one is screaming on the radio to raise or lower pump pressures, pump operators might let the pump do its own thing. Regardless of the reason, a lackadaisical attitude might develop that could be inherently dangerous on the fireground.