Custom Fab and Body—Borden’s Hose Company No. 1, Mount Upton, NY, pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 112 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CXVK 1,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 3,000-gallon wet-side water tank; two Ziamatic electric portable tank racks; Amdor roll-up compartment doors; Whelen Super LED warning lights. Dealer: John Harris, Har-Rob Fire Apparatus, East Syracuse, NY.
Fire Apparatus of the Day: April 10, 2023
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Vischer Ferry (NY) FD Opens Newly Renovated Firehouse, Christens New Heavy Rescue
The firehouse opened to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The district also held a wet down of its new heavy rescue truck.
Wethersfield (CT) Firefighter Who Died Battling Berlin Brush Fire Was ‘Heroic,’ Gov. Says
Gov. Ned Lamont ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a Wethersfield firefighter who died fighting a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.