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Changing Flash Patterns on Whelen Lights |
Posted by: southwheatland514 - 03-13-2014, 12:56 PM - Forum: Fire Service Related
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We are about to take delivery of a 2014 Pierce Impel. It has a Whelen Warning light "package". I have read the instructions on line about changing flash patterns, but it seems a little more complicated for a novice/amateur like myself (unplug this wire...take this wire and apply 12 volts to it...isolate that wire...etc...).
Does anyone have a way to explain this to me in more simple terms? Is it really as complicated as my brain is comprehending it to be? Our 2005 Tanker has a Code 3 light bar, and changing that flash pattern was as simple as pressing a flat-head screw driver to to connector/connection thingies.
Obviously, if I can't figure out how to do it and not blow up the truck...I just won't do it. But surely it can't be that complicated.
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Nashville Bound |
Posted by: Guest - 03-13-2014, 12:19 AM - Forum: Fire Service Related
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Hi there,
I am heading to Nashville this weekend March 15/16 to watch the St Louis Blues take on the Predators. I wont be able to do any buffing, but as my ritual, I try to pick up an FD shirt in the big Cities I visit.
Does anyone know of any houses close to the downtown area that sell department or company shirts to the public?
Thanks
Phil
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Old nozzle parts? |
Posted by: wvguy38 - 03-12-2014, 03:52 PM - Forum: Fire Service Related
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Anyone have any suggestions where I could look to get replacement parts for some old nozzles? We have a couple old Akron Turbojet Style 1720 1.5" nozzles that have the turbine teeth broken. I'd much rather buy a few replacement parts than purchase new nozzles. They are only used for smaller incidents (brush fires, trash line, etc).
Thanks!
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Ambulance Chassis Shortage Predicted Throughout 2014 |
Posted by: TacSupport1 - 03-07-2014, 06:33 PM - Forum: Manufacturer Scuttlebut
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Quote:Ambulance Chassis Shortage Predicted Throughout 2014
Both Ford and GM, the primary producers of chassis for our industry, will be producing
fewer chassis for ambulance production in calendar year 2014.
The slowdown has already started at Ford, where a V-10 engine commodity problem
has curtailed the availability of Econoline 6.8L vans and cutaways so far this year. Many
ambulance manufacturers are reporting they are virtually out of both models, and that
new chassis will be scarce for the foreseeable future.
The shortage will escalate in June, when Ford cutaway (Type III) production is shut
down for 6 weeks due to a plant modification. In addition, the venerable Econoline van,
long the workhorse of our industry, will be completely discontinued at that same time. It
will be replaced by the new Ford Transit as part of Ford’s global plan.
Industry sources state that the Transit startup in a new Ford plant will be slower than
planned, and that the gas powered Transit vans with the required ambulance package
are not expected to be available until early calendar 2015. Diesel powered Transit vans
may be available slightly earlier.
GM is also making some moves that will affect the supply of their ambulance chassis in
2014. A startup of production for a new mid-size pickup in the same GM plant that
produces the G series vans and cutaways will reduce the production of those models by
approximately 50% in the second half of calendar 2014. GM does not have any
significant changes in their ambulance chassis models scheduled in the short term.
Supplies of Ford F cab chassis, Sprinter, International, Freightliner and Ram ambulance
chassis appear to be normal, and no shortage is anticipated in those models at this
time.
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