Apparatus - Cedarville, NJ, Vol. Fire Co. Puts Engine 17 in Service

Sept. 14, 2018

The Cedarville Volunteer Fire Company, Lawrence, NJ, has taken delivery of a.2018 KME Panther pumper. It is built on a Panther cab and chassis with seating for six in Bostrom Firefighter seats. It is powered by a Cummins 450-hp 9L engine and an Allison transmission. To fight fire, it has a Hale QMax200 23L, single-stage pump and a 1,000-gallon polypropylene tank. It's also equipped with a Fire Research Corp. pump boss, a Tank Vision Pro, a TFT deck gun, a Kussmaul auto-eject battery conditioner, ROM roll-up doors, an Onan 6,000-watt pto hydraulic generator, a Will-Burt NightScan light tower and Holmatro extrication tools. Other equipment includes a Zico ladder rack, Hannay electric reels and a Federal Q2B mechanical siren. The unit cost about $550,000.

Apparatus Type: Pumper
Model: Panther
Engine: Cummins ISL 450-hp engine
Generator: Onan 6,000-watt hydraulic
Transmission: Allison
Tank: 1,000-gallon polypropylene tank
Pump: Hale QMax200-23L
Aerial: NA
Chasis Manufacturer: KME Fire Apparatus
State: NJ
Year: 2018

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