August 3rd: The old lettering and decals are removed and the truck gets a thorough cleaning inside and out. Planning begins on placement of equipment and radios.
Chief Klein Sprays out the compartment after Firefighters John Miller and William Bockting finished scrubbing it down.
The cab of the truck is raised to clean the engine.
August 2nd: Lafayette Twp. Fire Protection District took delivery of 2003 Pierce Contender Pumper/Engine. This is all part of a long term plan that identifies our needs for the community fire protection plan in regards to ISO.
Since the recent sale of one of our front line engines, that we were pouring money into for repairs and maintenance, we decided to use the funds from this sale to upgrade one of the engines to this apparatus. The fire department is familiar with this truck as it belonged to a neighboring fire department and recently came available for purchase. This was due to their recent purchase of a new apparatus. It will continue to service our area as it had in the past when called upon, for mutual aid and will be a great addition to our fleet replacing a non-reliable front line engine. This truck will go into service within the next couple of weeks, once all the necessary equipment is mounted onto the truck and a very detailed inspection process is completed.
This truck carries 1000 gallons of water (as do all of our engines) and has a pump capacity of 1250 gallons per minute. The custom chassis or "cab over" chassis offers greater protection, to the five firefighters it holds, in the event of a rollover accident, as the cab is built similar to a roll cage design. It also has anti-lock brakes for safer stopping. It is durable and custom designed for the fire service to be able to handle the everyday use as well as perform in times of emergencies.
