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This rig will be assigned to station 17 once in service. Pierce took several months to custom build it for Tucson Fire. With station 17 being located in the far east part of Tucson, we are the only station with a quint. For those who don't know what a Quint is, It basically a fire pumper with a 107' ladder. Single rear axel unlike our ladder trucks (dual rear axels) and capable of pumping . Our other five ladders are 110' with four outriggers and require a fire pumper for a water supply. Our ladders and this quint have a telescoping water way for master stream operations. We do have a 110' ladder platform truck as well thats housed at station1 (downtown) for high rise operations and has a pump as well.
The quints pump is a Waterous 1250 gpm positive displacement impeller and has a 500 gallon tank, so for a large fire a hydrant is required. It has two 1-3/4"pre-connected transverse (200'ea), one 2-1/2" pre-connected transverse (150') and a 1-3/4" pre-connected (150') bumper lay. It also carries 600' of 5" supply hose, 600' of 2-1/2" hose and capable of pumping 1200 gpm from the master stream with full nozzle control both at the tip and at the turntable controls. It replacing our older tired 1995 quint with 130,xxx miles. It also has a built in diesel generator for powering electric fans, lights etc. The power plant is a Cummings turbo diesel coupled to an Alison wold six speed transmission. I don't have exact details as its awaiting small equipment yet to be installed.
Here's some apparatus porn:
Pump panel.
Nice a$$.
Cockpit, not seen in photo are overhead rocker switches and radio equipment.
MADE IN THE USA.
Paco
The quints pump is a Waterous 1250 gpm positive displacement impeller and has a 500 gallon tank, so for a large fire a hydrant is required. It has two 1-3/4"pre-connected transverse (200'ea), one 2-1/2" pre-connected transverse (150') and a 1-3/4" pre-connected (150') bumper lay. It also carries 600' of 5" supply hose, 600' of 2-1/2" hose and capable of pumping 1200 gpm from the master stream with full nozzle control both at the tip and at the turntable controls. It replacing our older tired 1995 quint with 130,xxx miles. It also has a built in diesel generator for powering electric fans, lights etc. The power plant is a Cummings turbo diesel coupled to an Alison wold six speed transmission. I don't have exact details as its awaiting small equipment yet to be installed.
Here's some apparatus porn:
Pump panel.
Nice a$$.
Cockpit, not seen in photo are overhead rocker switches and radio equipment.
MADE IN THE USA.
Paco
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