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Aerial 1956 2-door open-air 2-door enclosed 4-door enclosed 2-door wide-body enclosed 100' Mid mount ladder or rear mount ladder Available as 2-axle tiller truck Pumper Water Tender 1951 Snorkel truck 1961 50' 65' 75' 85' First Crown snorkel truck is an International Harvester COE chassis. [3] TeleSquirt 1969 54' 55' 75'
The patch of Ladder 119 in Brooklyn still has an image of their Sutphen. Syracuse, New York, has run an all Sutphen Fleet of Ladder trucks for 30+ years. The newest unit being at Truck 3 on the city's West Side. The current roster is 5. As of 2010, this will also include 3 engines with no aerial ladders also built by Sutphen. [citation needed]
Before long, turntable ladders—which were even longer, mechanically extendable, and installed directly onto fire trucks—made their appearances. After World War II , turntable ladders were supplemented by the aerial work platform (sometimes called "cherry picker"), a platform or bucket attached onto a mechanically bending arm (or "snorkel ...
Ferrara Fire Apparatus manufactures a wide variety of fire apparatus including the MVP Rescue Pumper, Custom Pumpers, Aerial Ladders, Aerial Platforms, Industrial Pumpers, Tankers, Rescue, and Wildland trucks. Ferrara's new Inundator Super Pumper is recognized as the world's largest capacity NFPA-rated fire engine.
The 1926 engine came 150 to 750 gpm pumpers, chemical and hose trucks powered by 6-cylinder Waukesha engines. In 1928 came a pumper with fully enclosed cab, the first of its kind from a major U.S. manufacturer, and in 1931 a one-man operation hydro-mechanical aerial ladder hoist used on an 85–ft articulated ladder truck.
The truck cost $899,637, which was paid through the fire department's levy fund.
A large medium or heavy-duty truck usually consisting of multiple storage compartments, carrying equipment equal to the capabilities of a ladder truck company, but lacking the aerial ladder. Ladder pipe Nozzle attached to an aerial ladder and used to direct heavy stream from advantageous height. Landing valve
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 ...