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E-32 Mid Inspection 11/17/14 and Week 6, SQ-3 Week 11 Progress Report for 11/21/14
By Committee Chairmen Steve Stockwell
November 25, 2014
Wow, what a few weeks can do to change your perspective on new apparatus. Please enjoy the photos and updates.
E-32, has had the Cab, Pump house, Tank and body installed at that time myself and the Deputy Chief Mike Fuhrman headed out to Wisconsin to inspect E-32 and hopefully take a look at SQ-3 as well. Although we found some issues all were pretty much minor problems and seemed to be fixable issues. I can honestly say we had about 17 hits on our list, as far as any of those issues were concerned. Now although it seems like a lot I have seen previous trucks come in over the year with 50+ hits or items that needed to be fixed. This is similar to assembling a 50,000 piece puzzle and to only have 17 is pretty remarkable and speaks to not only Pierce but how far the manufacturing of fire apparatus has come in just 10-15 years.
SQ-3 is on its typical pace and although we stopped by for a few hours it is honestly nice to have a conversation with Engineers who build these trucks on what your outlook is on the unit and where its going. All the big additions are nearly completed and the little detail work is starting to take effect now where it truly or both trucks, are truly looking ready to be put in service. I believe this week and part of last SQ3 will be going into testing for the Generator, Pump and electrical components.
Stay tuned and enjoy.
Units:
E-32 and SQ-3
E-32 Mid-Inspection
E-32 Mid-Inspection
E-32 Mid-Inspection
EE-32 Mid-Inspection
E-32 Mid-Inspection Driver's Knee Panel
E-32 Mid-Inspection, these ground accent lights were a nice addition to the last E-32 and we added similar lighting for the new one.
E-32 Mid-Inspection
E-32 Mid-Inspection Pump Panel.
E-32 Mid-Inspection with Broom Compartments that have carried over the last 3 generations of 32's.
E-32 Mid Inspection, a speaker mounted on the Pump Panel to allow the operators to hear over the loud pump.
I even managed to find a truck not to far from my home state of CT. This is Danbury, CT's new Tower. Pretty big as it barely fits in my camera view. This is about 20 minutes from my home town.
SQ-3 with the cab lifted. Wished I got some with the cab closed but they were installing the flexible hose for the front discharge.
SQ-3, Compartment L6
SQ-3 Compartment L6 with pullout tray.
SQ-3
SQ-3
SQ-3 as opposed to buying an expensive dump system or large rotating step. We opted to put a trailer hitch step in the rear. Although a little large than I wanted it makes it much easier to climb in and out of the back.
SQ-3, These are the side bottle storage areas and the side mounted hitch points that will allow us to use as hard points on the truck and connect a portable winch to when doing operations that do not allow us to access the front or rear.
SQ-3, The rear nearly complete is coming along wonderfully.
SQ-3, This frig will provide cool drinks of water on hot days and after fires for the crews.
SQ-3, with the night lights on really looks amazing.
SQ-3, Compartment L3. Our stabilization compartment came out looking fantastic.
SQ-3 Compartment L3
SQ-3, We requested two underbody compartments be installed similar to our old unit. They came out fantastic. One, the drivers side is fixed, the other is a pullout drawer.
SQ-3, We even got to see some of the process on how the gold leaf is made. It really is interesting for you old timers how they do this. They actually provide a cover coating over the top so unlike units of the old days this will last as long as the truck.
SQ-3
Even though we asked the Deputy Chief and I were not allowed to take any of the gold with us... bummer.
I work at Pax and we often wonder why or how we get the units we get... apparently the Coast Guard gets everything because our trucks never look this amazing. Just kidding Coasties, this truck is headed to Kodiak, Alaska.
We even saw snow and 6 degrees.
This is the B-52 of Heavy Rescues and must weight in close to 70,000lbs. It has an ultra raised roof and coffin compartments up top with a walk thru.
Even the B-Chief got to ride on a Fire Truck.
E-32 11-21-14
E-32
E-32
E-32 with Compartment L1 and Upper Compartment 1
E-32 with Compartment L2 and Upper Compartment 2
E-32
E-32, The hose bed should be at or about shoulder height once fully loaded with equipment and water.
E-32 Compartment R2
E-32 Compartment R1
E-32 Pump Panel Officer's Side
E-32
E-32
E-32 Bumper that will have a split divider for Intake and discharge hose. A manual intake valve will be installed.
E-32 Mars LED 888's.
SQ-3 11-21-14
SQ-3 should be in the testing phase at this time and during this week.
