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Awesome Firefighting Machine from
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Safety Boss Inc. is pleased to announce the addition
to its fleet of two Oshkosh / Rosenbauer Rough Terrain Fire Trucks (RTFTs).
These RTFTS' can be utilized for just about any on
or off-road emergency situation, including forest fires, urban interface firefighting,
airport firefighting, industrial, petro- chemical plant fires and municipal
firefighting.
The Oshkosh DA-1800 represents a revolutionary
engineering achievement in off-road firefighting design. Oshkosh is the top
name in heavy-duty military vehicles and Rosenbauer is the top European name
in fire apparatus.
The platform for this vehicle is the Oshkosh LVS,
designed for the U.S. military as a severe-service heavy-duty cross-country
truck for almost all terrains. The U.S. Marines have 1700 of these trucks
in service.
The primary features
include:
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- A Rosenbauer 6000 lpm (1600gpm) fire pump independently
driven by a 300HP Detroit diesel.
- 6800 liter (1800 gal) water tank and 1000 liter (265 gal) foam tank.
- 2825 lpm (750 gpm) roof turret with a range of 70 m (225 ft) and
a 950 lpm (250 gpm) bumper turret with a range of 46 m (150 ft). Both can
be joystick controlled by the driver or the passenger.
- Four under-truck nozzles of 246 lpm (65 gpm), each for pump and
roll ground firefighting and fire protection.
- Two foam / water hand lines 25mm X 47m (1 in X 150 ft) rated at
227 lpm (60 gpm) of the unit on each side.
- 5 KW diesel generator with 8 X 300 watt deck mounted scene lights
for night firefighting.
- Several storage compartments and top deck space for stowing portable
pumps, hoses and other fire fighting accessories.
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Drafting 25' From Lake
The Rough Terrain
Vehicle:
- An articulating joint at the vehicle’s center, with
yaw and roll capability, enables the truck to maintain full traction in rough,
uneven conditions and to duck-walk out of situations where most similar vehicles
would be stuck in their own ruts.
- Because this vehicle steers both by articulating and by front axle
steering the wall-to-wall clearance is much less than a conventional straight
frame vehicle. This is a particularily important both when they go into the
bush and in multi-obstacles situations such as those that exists with plant
and refinery firefighting.
- Front and rear tandem drive axles with low pressure tires and full
differential lock-up for an remarkable eight wheel drive system.
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Top speed - 105 kph (65mph).
- Acceleration - zero to 80 kph (50mph) in 40 seconds.
- Water fording - 1524mm (60 inches).
- Grade ability - ascend or descend a 60% grade while discharging
extinguishing agent at full rated capacity.
- Obstacle climbing ability - 610 mm (24 in ) vertical wall.
- 540 HP 8V92 Detroit Diesel engine, Allison automatic transmission
with a deep reduction transfer case.
Special Features and Accessories for
Wildland and Interface Firefighting
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On board breathing air system for two personnel for up to four hours. This system can also be equipped so that the operating personnel can separate from the vehicle system and transfer to a one hour self contained backpack for egress or operations. *
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On board GPS for navigation in smoke. Capable of outbound track recording so return routing can be re-traced with the on board system.**
- Remote GPS tracking - the truck can be followed in real time on a separate laptop. Also this system can be rigged so that various functions of the truck can be monitored such as speed, RPM, stop/start, doors open/closed as well as numerous other operating conditions.**
- Thermal Imaging Scope and Camera- This system allows the operating personnel to find lost personnel, avoid hot areas and for route finding in heavy smoke.**
- Dust Control System - Every front line firefighter knows that this is a serious and often over looked problem. Extremely dry conditions are a part of firefighter's environment as are the unimproved dirt and gravel roads. Dust inhalation and reduced visibility is a serious safety hazard. These units are equipped with nozzles for road spraying and utilize completely environmental friendly water additive (TRACADE) for long lasting dust control.*
- Night Time Operations - With the generator powered flood lighting package they can be very effective for night attacks when the fires are usually quite small compared to day situations. They can also operate when adverse weather conditions keep bombers and helicopters grounded. *
* - standard equipment ** optional on request
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A Stunning Example of Interface Firefighting Capabilities
In August of 2003 a lighting strike set off a fire in extreme conditions in heavy timber close to cluster of rural homes. Within one and half hours from the initial call the Oshkosh RTFT arrived (from its base over 100 kms away) on site ready for action. A close by storage shed was fully involved and several of the houses were already smoldering and ready to go into full flame. With it long range turret and all terrain ability within 25 minutes the Oshkosh was able to cover all of the nearest 6 houses with foam and begin the attack on the near edge of the forest. By this time the additional support of a ground crew and water trucks had arrived and the fire was isolated and extinguished in under four hours.
How should these trucks be used on the frontline
These trucks are revolutionizing forest and interface firefighting techniques. They need to be viewed in a fire attack plan like the Abrams M1 tanks on a battlefield. They can move fast over rough terrain, they deliver a substantial punch at a much greater range than any other equipment. They work great in teams of 2 RTFTs with a 6 to 10,000 gal mother tanker as a mobile reservoir. With proper water feed and loading system they can cycle huge amounts of water or retardant on to a fire front, a sub division or to lay down a quick retardant barrier.
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Further performance
facts and specifications are available on request.
Where these
trucks are irreplaceable:
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- Forest and grassland firefighting. With under-truck
pump and roll nozzles, long range turrets and high clearance, go anywhere
ability there are few machines that match these vehicles for serious frontline
forest firefighting. With a generator powered “scene lighting” package they
are also used for night time or low visibility operations when aircraft are
unable to operate.
- Urban interface firefighting – Interface firefighting involves the
protection of housing or oil and gas facilities from approaching forest and/or
grassland fires. Because of its large capacity, long reach, and its all terrain
ability these are an ideal “roving” units for urban interface firefighting. The
Oshkosh RTFTs have been used several times to successfully protect towns
and sub divisions with spectacular results.
- Remote area and difficult terrain flammable fluid spills and fires.
Such as pipeline ruptures, train wrecks, truck roll-overs, flare stack fires
and storage tank overflows.
- Fire protection for oil sands operations and other open pit, rough terrain
mining operations.
- Airport crash and rescue.
- Desert area facility firefighting.
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