Fire Fighting in Canada

Equipment
Opaskwayak Cree Nation volunteer department

The Opaskwayak Cree Nation volunteer fire department in western Manitoba welcomes a new pumper tanker to its fleet in late March. The red and white truck from Fort Garry Fire Trucks was built on a Freightliner 108SD two-door chassis and has a four-man crown full-framed fire tanker body. It is powered by a 380-hp Cummins ISL engine and Allison 3000 EVS transmission. The 2500 imperial gallon Co-Poly Darley LDM 1250 pump has an enclosed top control panel. The truck has a Foam Pro 2001 A&B System with two 25 imperial gallon foam cells. There a number of custom elements to make the truck unique, including an electric fold-down ladder rack, four heaters, a heat pan, air conditioning in the crew area, four SCBA seats in the crew enclosure, low speedlay discharges, an electric rewind hose reel, and a Deckmaster electric monitor located above the Pumphouse. 

June 20, 2017 
By Lauren Scott




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