70% of the FD in this country are Volunteer, they rely on donations and maybe a fire fee assessment that our county just got and the dept. was started in '71. People think we have all the money in the world, even on Boot drives begging for loose change, people tell us we're made of money. Just a hint Bunker gear a full set last ten years on just time not use...COST $2000.00 boots, pants, coat and thermal liner, Hard hat is $300.00.... SCBA (airpack) $2000.00 all has to be NFPA approved............been a volly for ten years since I turned 44.
Volunteer fire departments don't have that kind of funding for new trucks like city ran fire department with more funding the volunteer fire department in my area has trucks that where donated to them in 1995.
There's not a lot of design to this truck. It's a standard F450 single cab chassis with a 300 gallon tank, small pump and a hose reel. Throw on some emergency lights, etc and it's not exactly an overly technical design.
The only Peoblem with that new Brush Truck is FIX OR REPAIR DAILY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FORD !!!!! Would have been much better on a Dodge, or Chevy !!!!!
+Blue yeah in a brush fire they dont stop and spray they follow the fire closely with a spray bar in front and have a guy spray from the jump seat while perpendicular
Why? this has been done for years in various departments...you can see a hell of allot more out of the cab...of coarse it's not designed to ride on in general, it is for on scene application.
Look at Forest service and other major agencies never use crew sitting out side of the cab. Look at modern structure apparatus, no one is riding out side, being out side exposes crews to dangerous elements.
Scott Foster they don't ride to scene outside of cab. When they arrive at the grass/brush fire, one member gets out and would get on the seat while the driver goes parallel to the fire. Not stupid, every department that has a brush truck does so
As a fellow volunteer Fire Fighter you show look at Texas Forestry Service they help with buying trucks so does most Ferderal Agencies
"cool new feature called a jump seat" well I guess the 80s Americanlafrance that my Dept has as a backup is from the future!
LOL, well it new to News Reporters. I laughed at that at too. I'm just glad that they got a new truck.
The green screen is real.
Now, that's well built vehicle.
1:25 i had to rewind to make sure I was looking at a guy who has a woman's voice xD
Me to
Could've gotten a bigger truck with more room for crew with a price tag like that
GOD BLESS YOU FROM A BRO. FIREFIGHTER
Yet police have every piece of equipment known to mankind handed to them in their budget - and they get that EVERY YEAR without fail, guaranteed.
greenrefrigerator not necessarily, look at Detroit PD.
RyanMiller3039 take another look at Detroit PD they just got a ton of brand new equipment this year...
imacheat7777 I understand they just got new vehicles but before that there fleet was laughable.
70% of the FD in this country are Volunteer, they rely on donations and maybe a fire fee assessment that our county just got and the dept. was started in '71. People think we have all the money in the world, even on Boot drives begging for loose change, people tell us we're made of money. Just a hint Bunker gear a full set last ten years on just time not use...COST $2000.00 boots, pants, coat and thermal liner, Hard hat is $300.00.... SCBA (airpack) $2000.00 all has to be NFPA approved............been a volly for ten years since I turned 44.
Volunteer fire departments don't have that kind of funding for new trucks like city ran fire department with more funding the volunteer fire department in my area has trucks that where donated to them in 1995.
$117,000 jesus
You also have to really understand the work involved designing a vehicle like that. $ 117,000.00 Dollars today isn't much.
consider some of the new tiller trucks and ladder truck cost 1 million
117 Grand is pretty cheap for a fire truck.
There's not a lot of design to this truck. It's a standard F450 single cab chassis with a 300 gallon tank, small pump and a hose reel. Throw on some emergency lights, etc and it's not exactly an overly technical design.
The only Peoblem with that new Brush Truck is FIX OR REPAIR DAILY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FORD !!!!! Would have been much better on a Dodge, or Chevy !!!!!
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Stupid idea having fire fighters out of the cab!
When they get to the brush fire a firefighter gets out of the cab and sits on the jump seat. It's not like they are going 30+ MPH around the fire.
+Blue yeah in a brush fire they dont stop and spray they follow the fire closely with a spray bar in front and have a guy spray from the jump seat while perpendicular
Why? this has been done for years in various departments...you can see a hell of allot more out of the cab...of coarse it's not designed to ride on in general, it is for on scene application.
Look at Forest service and other major agencies never use crew sitting out side of the cab. Look at modern structure apparatus, no one is riding out side, being out side exposes crews to dangerous elements.
Scott Foster they don't ride to scene outside of cab. When they arrive at the grass/brush fire, one member gets out and would get on the seat while the driver goes parallel to the fire. Not stupid, every department that has a brush truck does so