New Engine 17-1 Ready to Roll
The new Engine 17-1
The new engine to replace the 1986 Mack CF engine has arrived and has been outfitted with all of its equipment. The officers are in the process of qualifying the company’s drivers on the new truck and will soon place it in service as Engine 17-1.
The new engine is the result of a two year process of research, planning, and design by the Engine Replacement Committee. The committee has spent two years meeting, traveling to area fire companies, and traveling to Swab in Elizabethville, PA in order to bring the project together. The committee members are Deputy Chief Brian Guenst, Battalion Chief David Reinhart, Captain Chris Erwin, Lieutenant Mike Hellyer, Lieutenant David Erwin, Chief Engineer Brian Fluck, and firefighters Greg McDermott, Bill Weber, and Matt Kershes.
Spacious compartments on the new engine
The specifications of the new engine are as follows:
- Spartan Gladiator chassis
- 33′ 9″ overall length
- Cummins diesel motor
- 2000 GPM Waterous two-stage pump
- 750 gallons of water
- 20 gallon foam tank
- Inline foam inductor system
- 150′ 1.75″ bumper line
- 2x 200′ 1.75″ crosslays
- 200′ 2.5″ crosslay
Loading equipment onto the new engine
- 200′ 1.75″ rear handline
- remote control TFT deck gun
- Blitzfire mobile ground monitor
- 10kW hydraulic generator
- All LED emergency lighting
- LED brow flood lights
- LED compartment lighting
- Bostrom SecureAll seating for 6
- 35″ extension ladder
December 14th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Wish you guys all the best of luck with new engine….it cam out great……I still think the chrome bumper would look better….lol