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Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - ffemtwakeman - 11-27-2014
Article from KME website: http://fire.kovatch.com/info/newswire/richmond-virginia-chooses-kme
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - firesafe91 - 11-27-2014
According to the May-June 2014 issue of Fire Apparatus Journal, Richmond also placed an order with Custom Fire for two pumpers on Spartan chassis.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Roto-Ray - 11-27-2014
Because of a problem with the City's Procurement department, the order for the Spartan/CustomFire pumpers was cancelled and the order for the KME pumpers was later placed.
The RFD Apparatus Committee completed the engineering meeting on the pumpers last week.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - firesafe91 - 11-27-2014
Thanks for the update.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - willman940 - 12-05-2014
Sad say I was excited to see the Custom rigs.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Roto-Ray - 12-05-2014
So was the RFD.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Guest - 12-07-2014
So what exactly happened? Seems very fishy when city issues end up with another bidder getting the bid later on.
Not saying anything like that happened, as things do come up. But I wonder why Custom was no longer the favored bidder. Could they not honor the contact any longer?
Kris
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Roto-Ray - 12-07-2014
I'll allow Alex3610 to add to this if he desires, but the Reader's Digest version is this: the RFD tagged onto the City of Alexandria's contract, and after the bid was awarded to CustomFire, the City's purchasing department found out that the bid required chassis payment upon delivery. Richmond purchasing department said, "absolutely not," and cancelled the contract.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Truckman - 11-30-2015
They have been delivered yet and the City has ordered three Pierce Enforcers 1500-500 due in about April, 2016.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - alex3610 - 11-30-2015
Final inspection for the KME's scheduled for the week of 12/14. A guesstimate of an early February 2016 in service date. Engine companies slated to receive new units (as of today) are 1,5,12, and 22. Last I heard once they are in service, a few of the FRV's will be purged from the fleet.
I have no date on the enforcers but I would be surprised if they are here before June. City procurement held up the purchase for quite some time...
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - alex3610 - 12-04-2015
The enforcers are now due in July 2016 per the dealer.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - firesafe91 - 12-13-2015
Saw a photo of the new KME that will go to E5 on Facebook (D.f. Apparatus Photos). Nice looking rig.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Guest - 12-13-2015
Are the Enforcers going to similar(specs.) to ones in Chesterfield ?
Paul
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - tk1sq - 12-15-2015
Hope they are close to the engines we have gotten up to this point.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - alex3610 - 12-18-2015
Quote:Are the Enforcers going to similar(specs.) to ones in Chesterfield ?
Paul
They will be almost identical to the KME's that are due in town soon.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Truckman - 02-04-2016
The four KME's have arrived at the dealer. They have to be outfitted with equipment, tools and appliances, delivered to the city, have radios, mdc's and other rf equipment installed, as well be titled and put into the system. Then the companies will be training on them at the Academy and maybe will be in service by March or April. As things usually goes, it goes in slow speed. The last word on the Enforcers, was they are waiting to do the pre construction conference, due to a snafu in city hall, which means a longer expect delivery date.
Stay tuned....
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - alex3610 - 02-04-2016
Pre-con for the Enforcers was done last week here in town. They are still slated for mid-July completion so add in a few weeks for miscellaneous delays and I figure we should still see them sometime in August.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Truckman - 05-19-2016
The KME's has finally been dedicated and put into service. The Pierce Enforcer's are now due in September.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - Truckman - 10-18-2016
The 3 Enforcers, Engine 10, 13, and 17 have arrived and are being outfitted and training will soon begin, in service after everything is complete.
Richmond, VA orders 4 KME Pumpers - firesafe91 - 10-27-2016
How many of the 1998 Pierce quints and Freightliner FRVs are still in front-line service?