Grifton Volunteer Fire Department, Pitt County - RESCUE 43
GRIFTON -
In January 2004 the Grifton Fire
Department, North Carolina, upgraded their response capabilities by
adding a Hackney DFC1173R Heavy Rescue to their fleet. The chassis of
choice was a Spartan Advantage MFD four-door cab with 10" raised roof.
The rear of the cab was reconfigured to provide a full width command
desk behind the driver and officer seats. The desk is constructed of
stainless steel and slides toward the two SCBA seats mounted on the
center back wall. On either side of the desk are locking storage
cabinets for instruments and reference books. Above the desk is a
stainless shelf used for mounting the monitor from the camera mounted on
a telescoping pole on the exterior.
The 19.5-foot long body features a recessed roof that
accommodates a 14.5-foot and 12-foot long storage compartment and the
Will-Burt light tower. The light tower is equipped with six (6) 900-watt
MagnaFire lamps and has dual-directional capability. Excluding the roof
storage, a whopping 700 cu.ft. of storage space is provided in the body,
enhance by the Hackney drop/pinch frame that provides 40" of compartment
depth from floor to ceiling.
Storage accommodations includes numerous adjustable shelves, slide-out
and slide/tilt trays, a 68" high x 36" deep two-sided tool board using
PacTrac panels. Transverse tunnels for a tokes basket stretcher, folding
ladder and two long backboards, slide-out SCBA rack for eight complete
SCBA’s in back-up and go configuration and pike pole storage. A full
length awning is provided on the right side of the body.
There are
four 10,000# receivers located around the apparatus – one inside the
drop-down front bumper, one under the rear bumper and one each forward
of the left and right rear wheels. The 9000-lb Warn portable winch is
stored behind the drop-down front bumper, freeing up valuable
compartment space. Located in the right rear compartment is a two-bottle
SCBA fill enclosure and cascade fill control panel. Adjacent in the aft
section of the wheelhouse compartment are fifteen spare SCBA bottle
storage tubes.
The rear
extrication compartment is 73" high x 42" wide x 40" deep and features
two electric rewind reels in the top and slide-out trays for mounting
the various extrication tools and accessories in a convenient, rapidly
accessible location.
A 25-kw Onan
ProTec PTO generator is installed inside the left front compartment and
powers the light tower, two tri-pod MagnaFire flood lights, 110-volt
compartment lighting, refrigerator and command cab outlets. The cord
reel is mounted in the extended front bumper, along with a utility air
hose reel. The multi-plexed electrical system operates the Code 3
warning package, halogen scene lights, Rom track lighting and other
12-volt systems.
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