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 30th.
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
