Jan. 14 Roundup: Ambulance Stuck On Icy Road | Pierce’s $31M Order | Deliveries, Funding, Maintenance

ADVERSE CONDITIONS:

In Norcross, Georgia, an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman to the hospital couldn’t get up an icy hill. A second ambulance was called and was able to get the patient to the hospital. Read MyFoxAtlanta’s story here and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s here.

INDUSTRY NEWS:

PIERCE GETS $31M ORDER: Ghana has order 104 trucks from Pierce. WLUK reports Pierce will deliver 90 pumper tankers, 10 water tenders, and 4 aerial ladders in 2012.  Read more here from WLUK and here from the Business Journal.

New Deliveries:

FERARRA FOR HARRISTOWN: Engine 344 replaces a 2001 apparatus the Harristown Fire District (Illinois) sold to a Saskatchewan department over the summer.  The new rig carries up to 1,000 gallons of water and can pump 1,250 gpm. Read more in the Herald-Review  here.

2010 SPARTAN FOR SCUGOG: The $300,000+ apparatus, built by Seagrave, will replace a 1988 International rescue truck and will used mainly for  MVAs and medical calls.  It will be put into service in Scugog, Ontario, on January 18. Read the full article here.

FUNDING:

GRANT MONEY FOR NORTH ARLINGTON: $285,000 in grant money will be put towards a firetruck in North Arlington, NJ. NorthJersey.com has the full story here.

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT WANTS USED TRUCK, RESIDENTS NOT PLEASED: Signing the paperwork is all that’s left for the Spring Valley Fire Department to purchase a 1998 E-One from nearby Good Hope VFD.  But many residents are questioning the decision not to repair the apparatus they already have.  Read all sides of the argument here in the TimesDaily.com.

MAINTENANCE:

DOWN FOR THE COUNT: And the count is 3.  That’s how many of Harwich, Massachusetts, pumpers were out of service  this winter. According to WickedLocalHarwich.com:

Engine 68, which was purchased in 1976, had been taken completely out of service and is sitting dormant behind the station.

Engine 65 has been in service since 1985 and has developed a number of major engine problems.

The third engine, number 64, is one of the newer engines, being from 1992, but has been experiencing oil leaks and other mechanical issues as it surpasses 115,000 engine miles.

The department is scheduled to get a new engine in 2011, but the town doesn’t vote on the purchase until spring. It could take 9-12 months after that to take delivery.  Read more at WickedLocalHarwich here.