From the Interstate Emergency Vehicles Facebook page:
Peotone FPD’s stainless steel bodied pumper / tanker is looking good and the 2,000 gpm Hale pump module is almost finished with the UL testing and certification on 5/31.
Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo
Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo
Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo
Interstate Emergency Vehicles photo
Pingback: New tanker for Peotone (more) | chicagoareafire.com
#1 by Drew Smith on June 4, 2016 - 5:58 PM
Well, a tanker can always be a tender when needed.
# of rigs in the USA with a large water tank = hundreds if not thousands
# of aircraft that dump water or fire retardant = far less
Why should the majority of us be forced to change because FIRESCOPE (California) says so. All NIMS did is place thier monogram on that document.
#2 by Chris on June 4, 2016 - 12:43 PM
With no malice intended, in the Incident Command System, the correct term is Tender. A Tanker is an airplane.
#3 by Admin on June 4, 2016 - 1:51 PM
Agreed. But not all areas of the country have adopted that or made the change … many in this area feel it’s pretty safe to call for a tanker and look for it to come by road as opposed to the sky. Just saying …