Richmond, Va

[alex3610]

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Alex



Did you buy any chance measure Q1 to make sure it will fit and kill the rumour that it is too tall?

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The A shift measured clearances, and based on the data they sent us, it should fit. The new Q1 is taller than the old one. Hopefully not by too much. The quint committee has better data on it than I do. But Its gonna be close. I don't want to be the one backing it in to the station for the first time. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[alex3610]

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They could have save the money it is costing for that consulting company to develop a 20 year plan and use that for apparatus. I guess no one on Franklin Street can do such a plan, eh? We did our own for years and we worked out good. The FD is still in business too.

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We have plenty of people that have come up with numerous plans that would serve us well and save the city money, but they all fall on deaf ears. I am actually wondering if the consultant makes sound recommendations, and then the administration will just crumple up the report and throw it away. I think they paid a little over $150k for this study. Interesting that with so many people working down there we have to call in outside help to figure stuff out?

[alex3610]

This is 11's new engine.

[alex3610]

We opted for a L style water tank (500 gallons) to keep the hose bed relatively low. Behind the roll up door is a 200' reel of 3/4" booster line as well as an electric cord reel that is fed by a Harrison hydraulic 10kw generator.

[alex3610]

[alex3610]

Pump panel is pretty busy. We had a nice lay out planned (you will see it later on the Quints) that was destroyed when we learned the powers that be wanted CAFS on this engine. So in an effort to keep the pump panel short in length and the crosslays low, the above is the result. We tried to use hand wheel style valve actuators where ever possible. The larger wheels go on larger size valves. Also note that 5 discharges have FRC flowmeters installed. They are exspensive, and also require 18" of straight run of pipe on other side of the flow sensors, so it wasn't practical to have them on everything. We ended up keeping them on all the preconnected attack lines and the deluge gun.

[alex3610]

We borrowed the design of the standpipe pack storage area directly from the Washington D.C. engine specs.

[alex3610]

I'm not sure why but I really think this looks cool. More stuff to come later, I only have a few pics of the quints though. We were plenty busy doing final inspection on 5 rigs at one time.

[lawrencewhite111]

Are the quints flat cabs as well?

[alex3610]

Nope only the engine is. Personally I think the raised roof on the quints is kind of silly, with the deep notch for the aerials the raised portion is very narrow. The rescue's have a raised roof that meets the height of the body.

[alex3610]

Here is one of the 75' Quints. Major departure from the current 75's, as these have the aluminum aerial and a single rear axle. The "texas chute" (Pierce's name for it) keeps the LDH from getting caught up in front of the turntable but comes at a cost of compartment space. We also now have the stokes basket in the box on the side of the aerial freeing up space in the ladder tunnel.

[alex3610]

Another view taken during aerial testing. I can't find any 105' quint pictures at the moment so those will have to wait till another day.

[alex3610]

Here are the 105's that will be going to No. 1 and No. 10. Note the shortened tip section on the aerial ladder, this is to accommodate the Akron stream master monitor that will actually travel 30 degrees above the elevation of the ladder. The 75's have this feature as well. You can also see here the Mars 888 which is on all new rigs, as well as AIR HORNS. Something that is long over due for Richmond.

[alex3610]

Group shot.

[alex3610]

Apologize for the quality. This was shot with my phone. We stopped by the other plant one night after dinner so I wasn't prepared. The rescue's will have lap doors like the engine.

[alex3610]

One large change from the current rescues. We found that with the current compartment and the extra long pull-out shelf, the shelf becomes unmanagable due to weight and is too long to extend in some circumstances. Also the pull down ladder to reach the coffin compartments made it so you couldn't really carry anything down from up top, so hopefully now with the steps we can make better use of the space up there. One of the step compartments will be storage for long timbers, the higher one will hold a 24' and 14' ladder.

[lawrencewhite111]

I think those are all very nice looking rigs.Thanks for the photos.Im assuming with them being driven to VA and with training among the crews they will enter service sometime in about 2 months?

[alex3610]

Front bumper with a pair of hydraulic hose reels holding Holmatro Core hose as well as a fixed 15k winch.

[tk1sq]

Rescue look's good, now all they have to do is come to town. Can't wait to get out of the FRV and back into a real rescue!

[drfeelgood]

Nice Rigs