Skippack, PA, Vol. Fire Co. Rolls with a New Custom Pumper
The Skippack, PA, Volunteer Fire Company, in Montgomery County, has recently taken delivery of a 2018 Ferrara Igniter pumper. The unit is equipped with a four-door, six-seat, climate-controlled, extended, medium cab, 8-inch raised-roof with full-height rear doors. It is also equipped with an Extreme Duty interior with F-Shield noise deadening coating, Danhard heavy-duty air conditioning, and USSC Valor seats with IMMI Secure All SCBA brackets. It is powered by a 450 hp Cummins L9 diesel engine, and an Allison EVS3000 automatic transmission. To fight fire, it has a Hale QMAX-XS200-23L, 2,000-gpm, single-stage pump, a 750-gallon UPF Poly Tank III water tank, a Hale Foam Logix 3.3 foam system with 30-gallon integral foam tank, FRC Pump Boss governor, and a Trident automatic air-primer with lift gauge and second primer for rear suction. It has a Kussmaul auto-eject battery conditioner, LED compartment lighting, slide-out tool trays, R.O.M. shutters, Hannay electric reel, Blitz Fire, rear 5-inch intake, swing down ladder arm, Will-Burt Night Scan light tower, 6,000-watt Harrison generator, front bumper-mounted extrication tool, and a Federal Q2B mechanical siren.
