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Built
originally in 1984 by Pierce Manufacturing
and re-Chassid locally in 1994, Engine 26-4
is designed to be used as a quick attack
pumper on incidents involving motor
vehicles, brush fires, and medical assist
calls. The unit is equipped with a 300 GPM
Waterous PTO driven pump, 250 gallons of
water,
500
ft of 2" supply hose, two 1" attack lines,
one 200 ft and one 300 ft, and 150 ft of 1"
booster line. Equipment includes four SCBA
with extra bottles, light-duty extrication
equipment, standard fire fighting hand
tools, complete BLS and ALS medical
equipment including two backboards, an
Automatic External Defibrillator
(AED),
complete drug box and Medical control radio.
The chassis is a GMC K-30, 4 WD with a 454
HP fuel injected engine. The "mini-pumper"
concept has been in use by The VFC of
Halfway since 1976 with this being the third
unit purchased.
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