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A quintuple combination pumper or quint is a fire-fighting apparatus that serves the dual purpose of an engine and a ladder truck. “Quintuple” refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders. [1] Tillers and tractor-drawn aerials also have quint features, and are dubbed ...
There is a small volunteer fire station, but the town relies on the Butte Silver Bow Sheriff's Department and the Montana Highway Patrol for police, and the St James Hospital in Butte, two miles away, for medical services. One mile south on I-15 is Silver Bow, a Montana transportation hub, which is served by cargo trains and semis. [citation ...
A short piece of fire hose, usually 10 to 20 feet (6.1 m) long, of large diameter, greater than 2.5 inches (64 mm) and as large as 6 inches (150 mm), used to move water from a fire hydrant to the fire engine, when the fire apparatus is parked close to the hydrant.
Silver Bow is a neighborhood in Butte, Montana, United States. It lies near the interchange of Interstate 15 and Interstate 90, near Rocker. It is the location of a major rail junction on the Burlington Northern Railroad. Silver Bow is at Exit 119 off I-15, near the Port of Montana. It is well known locally as the location of the Silver Bow ...
Before Butte's formal establishment in 1864, the area consisted of a mining camp that had developed in the early 1860s. [5] The city is in the Silver Bow Creek Valley (or Summit Valley), a natural bowl sitting high in the Rockies straddling the Continental Divide, [6] positioned on the southwestern side of a large mass of granite known as the Boulder Batholith, which dates to the Cretaceous ...
Right-of-way begins in Butte and travels to Anaconda, generally along the course of Silver Bow Creek; also the confluence of German Gulch and Silver Bow Creeks at the eastern end of Silver Bow Canyon 46°02′37″N 112°44′25″W / 46.043611°N 112.740278°W / 46.043611; -112.740278 ( Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic
Divide is located in the valley of the Big Hole River surrounded by Montana's Pioneer Mountains.The Big Hole River and its creek tributaries provide irrigation for agriculture as well as habitat for several species of trout which support a recreational fishery.
This fire engine, used by the Toronto Fire Services, is an example of firefighting apparatus. A firefighting apparatus (North American English) [1] or firefighting appliance (UK English) [2] describes any vehicle that has been customized for use during firefighting operations. These vehicles are highly customized depending on their needs and ...