This from Bill Post:
Here is a 6 minute video that was done about a month ago. Even though it isn’t about a Chicago area fire department I think it is significant as the official unveiling of the the tallest aerial platform in North America by the Toronto Fire Department.It is a 229-foot Bronto Skylift built on a Mack chassis and will be used a cross-staffed apparatus when needed for high-rise fires or high-angle rescues. It was delivered during the winter but was officially introduced to the public last month. It is at Toronto Station 333 in downtown Toronto.Bill Post
#1 by Dan on June 24, 2022 - 8:22 PM
Does it come with parachutes?
I has a hard enough time climbing a 100 foot ladder, so I would pass.
#2 by Austin on June 23, 2022 - 8:11 AM
Ah, thanks crabby. When I went last about 10-12 years ago you did not need one, just a government issued ID. I had mine on me, but they didn’t need it then. But yes, very easy to get.
#3 by Bill Post on June 22, 2022 - 7:27 PM
Toronto has been using Bronto SkyLift Platforms on a small scale since the late 1980s. They first had been using 90 foot Brontos using Mack MR Cabs. In the early 2000s they had purchased a few 114 foot Brontos on E/One chassis. They really have only been assigned to Station 331 and 333 in Downtown Toronto and Station 114 on the Far North Side of Toronto.
The Bronto that was assigned to Station 331 was replaced with an E/ONe 100 foot Metro Aerial Ladder just a few years ago. So currently only Stations 114 and 333 are using Brontos. Aerial Platform 333 is currently using a 116 foot Bronto Skylift using Spartan Cab. Toronto currently had a 135 foot Bronto Sky Lift on order. I currently don’t know where it will be assigned however. Just it said on the video and on the post the 230 Sky lift is cross manned by the crew of Aerial Platform 333
Here is more detailed information as to the the Price and the Original Order for both the 230 foot Bronto and a 135 foot Bronto that has not yet been delivered.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/gl/bgrd/backgroundfile-156182.pdf
#4 by crabbymilton on June 22, 2022 - 8:42 AM
Austin, if an American citizen is going to visit Canada, yes you do need a valid US passport. https://www.cic.gc.ca/English/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1116&top=16
It’s not that hard to get a passport and it’s good for 10 years.
#5 by Austin on June 22, 2022 - 8:08 AM
John, it said in the video that tower 333 will operate it, which is in the station. Sounds like cross staffing between the two.
Harry, you don’t need a passport to go to Canada as an American citizen.
#6 by harry on June 21, 2022 - 11:51 PM
wayne just remember its not the 230 foot that kills u its the sudden stop i would love to see this rig but i dont have a passport nor do i want one either
#7 by Wayne on June 21, 2022 - 10:10 PM
I’d assume if they are using it for tech rescue there’s a bunch of safety measures in place for when they leave the basket. We aren’t even supposed to do window bailout drills 15 feet off the floor without belay lines and whatnot, I’m sure the tech rescue team will be taking precautions at 230 feet up.
#8 by John on June 21, 2022 - 8:37 PM
Going up in the basket to 230 feet is one thing, but climbing out of it at 230 feet to effect a rescue or something is quite another…….I wonder if it’s a voluntary assignment, or a do it or else kind of thing
#9 by Retired FF on June 21, 2022 - 7:41 PM
I wonder how much sway the basket has in the wind. Anyway, a big nope for me.
#10 by BMurphy on June 21, 2022 - 4:53 PM
Random thoughts and ponderings:
*Helluva good salesforce at Bronto
*Are there a lot of non-sprinklered high-rises in Toron-a?
*Must be a lot of high-angle/TRT calls
*Ditto ‘up and over’ incidents
*Dramamine included in the platform?
*EP = NP + FL + APP + ELEV
*The words ‘Magirus’ and ‘Morita’ keep popping into my head
*Helluva good salesforce at Bronto
#11 by Mike hellmuth on June 21, 2022 - 4:11 PM
Quite a piece of equipment cost? Maybe 6 million? I just wonder with the outriggers in use of that would be an issue with any narrow streets……