Dewey Fire Company No. 1

 Apparatus,  Links, and Equipment




Dewey Fire Company No 1. is equiped to serve the needs of the community, both in fire protection but also in rescue application, both structural and vehicular. To accomplish this task the station employs the use of 5 pieces of apparatus in the fleet. They range from about one year old to nearly 40+ years old. The apparatus consists of 3 engines, 1 aerial, and 1 Medium Duty Rescue. Information on the equipment is listed below.



Engine 13-11
    1989 Hahn
    1000 gpm Hale pump, Class C type
    750 gal Water/40 gal foam
    Seating for 5, 3 with Packs, 5 packs total

Engine 13-12
    1977 America LaFrance
    1000 gpm Waterous pump, Class C
    500 gal water
    Seating for 5, 3 with Packs

Engine 13-13
    1956 America LaFrance, Open cab
    750 gpm pump
    250 gal water
    Seating for 4

Ladder 13-21
    1964 Maxim Aerial
    100 foot aerial stick
    250 gpm pump
    250 gal water
    Seating for 4

Rescue 13-41
    1998 Marion 18' Medium Rescue
    Walk-in style rescue/ command unit
    On board Cascade system
    20kW PTO generator
    Halmatro Series 3000 rescue tools
    Seating for 8, Packs for 5
 
 

Here are a few links for different companies that Dewey Fire Co. deals with:

    This is a link to the manufacturer of our current rescue truck.

 American LaFrance.com   This is a link to one of our engine manufactures, however the site has more information about their newer apparatus.

 Scott Aviation This is a link to the manufacturer of our S.C.B.A. and now our thermal imaging camera.
 
 

In addition to our apparatus, our equipment we use on calls comes from a variety of locations. For a partial list of manufactures, just look at the following

Turn out gear:
    Pants and Coats: Globe Clothing - PBI Material
    Hemets: Bullard and Carins Brothers
    Boots: Ranger
    Glove: Just about every manufatcurer under the sun!

Extrications gear:
    Holmatro Tools - Distributer ESI Inc.

2 Way Radios:
    Portables: GE/Ericson
    Mobile:    GE/Ericson and Motorola
    Base Radio:    GE/Ericson
    Cell Phone: Motorola, Service thru Verison Wireless

Hoses and Nozzels:
    Just about all the hose is from Snap Tite - Pony Brand
    Nozzels: Elkhart, Akron and Task Force Tips
    Humat's: Akron (I believe) or Snap Tite

S.C.B.A. (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus)
    All Scott Health and Saftey
        18 New Airpack 50's Version 2.2 (2216psi), 30 minute capacity
          2 New Airpack 50's Version 4.5 (4500psi), 1 hour capacity

Thermal Imaging Camera:
    Scott Health and Saftey - Eagle Modle

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Updated 02.20.2001

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