Apparatus - Mallets Bay, Vt., Puts Mini-Pumper 1 In Service
Firefighters with the Mallets Bay Fire Department, in Colchester, Vermont, have taken delivery of an HME MiniEvo pumper. It's built on a Ford F-550 4x4 cab and chassis.
It's powered by a 6.7L V8 engine and a six-speed automatic transmission. To fight fire, it has a Hale 1,500-gpm pump and a 400-gallon water tank. It's also equipped with HME Hydra Technology, a 24-inch wide brush stainless steel side mount panel and two pump house crosslay beds.
It also has a hot dipped galvanized rear frame extension, stainless steel body construction, 40 cubic feet of hosebed space, 44-inch hosebed height, a 108-inch overall length, adjustable hosebed dividers, Hannay booster reel, 200-feet of booster hose, compartment top ladder group, six LED underbody lights, upgraded folding step with LED light and two Worden wheel chocks.
Apparatus Type: Mini PumperModel: Ford F-550 chassis, 4x4 SD Crew Cab XLEngine: Powerstroke 6.7L V-8 OHV direct diesel engineGenerator: NATransmission: 6-speed electronic SelectShift automatic transmissionTank: 400-gallon rectangular polypropylene T-TankPump: Hale DSD 1,500 gpmAerial: NAManufacturer: HME Ahrens-FoxChasis Manufacturer: Ford Motor MediaYear: 2014