Desert Southwest Fire and EMS Expo 2013 - Glendale, AZ

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Spartan ERV brought an older demo rig, still labelled as a Crimson, to the show. 

   

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Sutphen had a really nice pumper there from the St. John's Fire Department in Southeast Arizona.  I think this rig has been in service for a while.  It was built in December of 2012 and was fully equipped, so I figure they just brought it up for the show.  I really like the Sutphen 1/2 top mount pump panel.  Very compact.

 

1500/500(?) S/N HS5208

   

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St. John's Sutphen pump panel

   

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I have no info on this rig.  It's obviously a Spartan Gladiator Evolution chassis, but I can only surmise it's a Crimson build.  No other identification, nor am I really sure "who's" booth it was at.  It was really crowded on the other side, so I couldn't get to the data plate to look.

   

 

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Here's another visitor to the show.  I figured this rig was long gone, but it's still running.  Tolleson, AZ Engine 161, 19xx Pierce Lance.  E-161 is the second out (i.e. reserve) Engine, behind E-160.

I like the "Missouri" battleship logo on the front - Appropriate for the length of this rig.

   

 

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Western States Fire Equipment, the local Rosenbauer dealer, brought their demo Timberwolf interface rig on an IHC 4x4 chassis.

   

 

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Firetrucks Unlimited from Las Vegas brought this KME they just rebuilt for the Sedona Fire District.  Engine 541 is a 2001 KME 1250/500, S/N 4268. 

 

The level of work on this rig is extensive.  They replaced the original 330hp Series 40 Detroit with a new 400hp Cummins ISL, rebuilt the entire suspension, interior, cabinets, gearboxes; pretty much everything.  When they were done it pumped at over 1500gpm.  Quite impressive.  It's on the way back to Sedona to continue protecting that beautiful part of Arizona.

   

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I like the way they integrated the chevrons into the diamond plate.

   

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SVI is delivering this exhaust fan trailer to the Phoenix FD.  It has a 72" height and a 250,000cfm fan.  That's pretty much enough to clear out most buildings, for sure.

 

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Rather than bringing a demo rig, CustomFire borrowed Sun City's 2012 model for the show.

   

 

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KME had their rigs so tightly packed in, photography was poor, at best.

 

However, the destination of this rig should be fairly obvious...

 

L.A. County 2013 KME, S/N 8865.

   

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I don't know who this vendor was, but the Hellsgate Fire District Chief has a nice ride...

   

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Although it's hard to see on a video, the rear LED's were great.

Hellsgate Chief Explorer

[Juice]

I'd like to see the L.A. County rear warning lights do their thing!

 

Trav!

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Bloomington, Il just received approval to buy an E-One demo platform quint. I suspect that this is the rig going to Bloomington.

I do believe that E\-One has several platforms running around as the one Bloomington is buying was still in the St.Louis area as of this past weekend.

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I forgot to mention that both E\-One rigs had "West Coast Demonstrator" on the spec sheets, so you're probably right on another unit going to Bloomington.

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The platform for bloomfield is currently at the local dealer Banner.