The Vestavia Hills rig is a 2003 Pierce Saber heavy rescue truck with seating for six firefighters, five of whom are in SCBA seats.
Vestavia Hills (AL) Fire Department Gets Heavy Rescue from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus
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Abusing and Misusing the Bidder Complies Format
This narration covers the possible abuse or misuse of the “Bidder Complies” format. The Bidder Complies format is almost a fire service standard when writing purchasing specifications.
Sutphen Reconditions 1997 SP100 Aerial Tower for the Escondido (CA) Fire Department
Sutphen stripped the entire vehicle down, blasted the triple wall frame with a zinc enriched primer for corrosion protection, and painted the frame black, which originally had been painted white.
Warning Light Glare and the SAE
Lately the fire service, warning light manufacturers, pundits, commentators, and safety gurus alike have advocated doing something about the glare or distraction of warning lights that people say can, could, may, or might be a cause or a contributing factor of accidents.
Ask a Darley Engineer: Thermal Relief Valves
Essentially, Darley’s thermal relief valve assembly is a thermal switch that controls a ball valve, which opens when the thermal switch senses hot water.
Lake Travis (TX) Sutphen Pumper Walk-Around Video
This Sutphen custom pumper is built on a Sutphen Monarch chassis with a raised-roof, four-door, five-person cab.
Changes in Apparatus Purchasing and Attitudes
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.
Smart Firefighting Podcast
Darley’s Kevin Sofen and Mike Mocerino shake up their podcast format to bring you their personal experiences at CES, which includes deepfakes, 360 videos, drones, and more.
Brindlee Mountain: We Promise
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.
Buying a Used Truck
Brindlee Mountain has been tracking the things you need to look for when buying a used apparatus and things you should avoid.
More on Clean Cabs
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
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Builds Super Pumper for Shell Convent Refining in Louisiana
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.
