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Prospect Heights tower ladder for sale

Found at firetruckmall.com:

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Prospect Heights Fire District photo

1993 Pierce Arrow 100′ rear-mount platform aerial – $50,000
  • Stock#: 18058
  • Length: 47′
  • Truck Height: 11′ 5″
  • Wheelbase: 21′
  • GVWR: 72,240
  • Seating for 6; 3 SCBA seats
  • Mileage: 42,500
  • Engine Hours: 5,239
  • Detroit 8V92TA 450 HP diesel engine
  • Engine Brake
  • Allison HD4060PR automatic transmission
  • Additional equipment not included with purchase unless otherwise listed.

Pump – Tank

  • Waterous CMUYBX 1500-GPM side-mount pump
  • Pump heat pan
  • 275-gallon polypropylene tank
  • Driver’s side discharges: (2) 2 1/2″
  • Crosslays/Speedlays: Crosslays: (2) 1 1/2″
  • Officer’s side discharge: (2) 2 1/2″
  • Driver’s side suction: (1) 6″
  • Officer’s side suction: (1) 6″
  • Rear suction: (1) 4″
  • Deck gun included

Electrical – Lighting

  • Electric reels
  • Onan 75KW diesel generator
  • Generator hours: 530
  • Telescoping lights

Options

  • Aerial hours: 1,543
  • Ground ladders: 
  • Federal Q siren
  • Maintenance records available
  • All manuals from Pierce available
  • Both main hydraulic lift cylinders rebuilt
  • Turntable swivel ring replaced
  • Torque box and frame corrosion descaled and coating applied
  • 12/7 wiring from turntable to platform replaced
  • Breathing air cylinders at turntable removed
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Prospect Heights Fire District photo

When it was new …

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Larry Shapiro photo

thanks Rob

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Fire service news

Excerpts from ksn.com:

The government is warning people to immediately stop using a fire-extinguishing device shaped like a ball.

Elide Fire Extinguishing Ball (Photo provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Elide Fire-Extinguishing Ball (Photo provided by CPSC)

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says Elide fire-extinguishing balls can fail to extinguish a fire, leaving people at risk of injury and death.

However, the CPSC says Elide Fire USA has not agreed to recall the balls or help customers with a fix for the products.

According to ElideFireUS.com, the ball activates by itself within seconds of flames touching it. The ball breaks open and dispenses a dry chemical to extinguish a fire.

The CPSC says the products can fail to effectively disperse the chemicals and fail to put out fires. It says the balls do not have a pressure gauge or pressure indicator, a locking device to reduce unintentional discharge, or a nozzle to direct the discharge.

The CPSC says the Elide Fire Ball does not meet the requirements of UL 299 Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers and UL 711 Rating and Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishers, which are voluntary safety standards.

The company says its product is not a fire extinguisher, so measuring it against the fire extinguisher standards is not a fair measure because its product will ultimately fail in that testing scenario.

The Fire Ball was created to bring an additional line of fire protection to any potential fire situation. When it is mounted in a higher-risk area, he says it can stop a small fire from becoming a large fire.

According to the government, Elide Fire USA sells three models of fire-extinguishing balls. Models ELB01 and ELB02-1 are red. Model ELB02-02 is blue. The products sold for between $95 and $120. The CPSC says its warning is for all three models.

CPSC news release urges consumers not to buy or sell the fire-extinguishing balls. If you already have the fire-extinguishing balls, the CPSC says to take them to a local fire department or a hazardous waste disposal facility.

The government says people should only buy fire extinguishers that meet the UL 299 and UL 711 safety standards and are marked with those certifications.

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