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New tender for Cary FPD

Sep 8

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, New Delivery, Reader submission | 6 Comments

This from Michael Douglass, Lieutenant / Public Education & Information Officer , Cary Fire Protection District

I have some photos of our new tender to update the Chicago Area Fire website. The tender is numbered 270 and runs out of our station #2. Tender 270 has a Kenworth model T370 chassis with a 3,000-gallon water tank and a 500-gallon-per-minute pump. One of the other features the new tender has is a rear camera for the driver to be able to watch what’s directly behind it. There one 3,000-gallon port-a-tank which allows us to dump all of the tank water so the tender can leave right away to re-fill. In the past, we had two 2,100-gallon tanks that had to be set up individually and then connected before the entire tank load could be dumped. We have a different configuration for supply hose and the pump panel is located behind a roll-up door in the body. As a result of these changes, less space was needed making the new tender approximately four feet shorter than the old one. The new tender arrived in mid August and was put into service on August 30^th.

Cary Fire Protection District Tender 270 Peterbilt UST

Cary Tender 270. Michael Douglass photo

The rear of the new tender. Michael Douglass photo

Driver’s side of Tender 270. Michael Douglass photo

Interior screen to view the images from the rear camera. Michael Douglass photo

Supply hose on the officer’s side. Michael Douglass photo

Small operator’s panel for the pump. Michael Douglass photo

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McHenry County EMA

Sep 8

Posted by bgshap in Fire Service News | 3 Comments

Daniel J. Durbin, EMT-B, KC9STX sent this information about the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency (MCEMA):

The MCEMA has a communications unit (EM-52) and a heavy equipment unit (EM55). We also have a minivan (EM-50), desginated as the shift commander’s vehicle, a cargo equipment trailer (T-1), a sheltering trailer (T-2), and a power generator / Light Unit (P-1). The director also has a car (EM-01), and the assistant director has one also (EM-02). They are used McHenry County Sheriff’s Department squad cars. EM-50 was purchased for MCEMA, so were T-1, T-2, and P-1. EM-52 was a Snap-On delivery truck before belonging to the Hebron Rescue Squad as a heavy rescue. EM-55 is a state owned vehicle assigned to the MCEMA. The office is located at 2200 N. Seminary Avenue in Woodstock. EM-50, EM-55, EM-01, and EM-02 are housed there. EM-52 is housed at a location in Hebron, and the trailers are housed in a storage barn just off the government campus in Woodstock. The building is the McHenry County Government Center. We operate on several systems for radios. VHF: 155.0250 (KTB234), 146.8350 (Amateur Radio) (K9ESV), and on the McHenry County Starcom system which is trunked 800 mhz. There are approximately 50 volunteers plus the director, assistant director, emergency planner, and executive secretary who are salaried.