Fleet Feature: Tender 6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- Our newest apparatus is Tender 6- a tactical tender that's not only a rolling water supply, but a firefighting tool on the front line. The tender will be housed at our Station 6- and will go into service at the end of the month.
In this "Fleet Feature"- get an up close look at the tender's capabilities and what's on board.
"Whatever it takes to serve."
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Tender 6, is a beauty. Have a great day my friend ❤️🙂⚘️.
Have a great time tender 6 with your calls! Today i might visit that station because my grandpa is Greg King!
Good looking rig!
@West Metro Fire Department. First Great looking rig, 2nd, and for educational purposes only, at my Dept, the "Tanker" is driven either 100% empty or 100% full, this is in response to losing two firefighters in the past when the truck was driven half full back from a run and the water shifted and flipped the truck. So, how do you accommodate the need to drive the truck while flowing water, and hence emptying the tank on it. Or, is it felt that at the low speed that you roll while flowing, is still in a safe manner, and if that is the case would you empty out the tank or fill it up before reaching road speeds? I am just interested in the operation, every Fire Dept is different, with different SOPs etc. Any information you can provide would be appreciated.
Tender 6 is specifically engineered as a tactical tender to provide pump and roll capabilities. With current tank design technology, it is baffled 6 ways (up/down, side to side, front to back) to minimize water slosh and weight transfer. The tank also sits low in between the frame rails to lower the center of gravity also reducing rollover potential.
Nice Rig. I believe that is the most water you can go to in gallons on a single axle . Nice truck, but where's the wildland or just fire fighting tools ?
The hand tools are on the passenger side, in an upper compartment just behind the cab.
Not much ground clearance , keep it on the two track .