Neil Hawley of the Frenchtown Township (MI) Fire Department recently conducted a walkaround of his department’s two new Sutphen custom pumpers. Check out the video below.
“Thank you, Frenchtown Township Fire Department for your trust in Sutphen and your local dealer, Apollo Fire Equipment & Apparatus Repair.,” Sutphen wrote on Facebook. “Check back later this week for more information about these two impressive rigs. #BuiltToDoWork”
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The ARFF trucks are built on the E-ONE TITAN ARFF 4×4 AT chassis and cab, powered by a 500-horsepower Cummins X12 diesel engine.
Employees, dealers, customers, and local dignitaries all gathered on a day that Marion County Commissioner Michelle Stone and City of Ocala Mayor Ben Marciano both proclaimed as E-ONE Fire Truck Day.
Fire department training divisions should include some input from the mechanical division. As a mechanic, I can’t teach someone the proper way to put out a fire. I’m not trained for that. In the same breath, firefighters aren’t expected to know how the equipment they use works mechanically. Although firefighters don’t need to understand how to fix the equipment, a general understanding of how something works affects how they use it.
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