Apparatus

                Engine 21-1

             Make:  1990 FMC PUMPER

          Tank:    750 gallons

          Pump:    1,250 gallons per minute (GPM)

          Cab:       6-Man

          Nicknames: The White Knight

                               Casper

                               The Milk Truck

 

Engine 21-1 is a white 1500 gallon per minute (GPM) pumper that acts as Archbald Hose Company No. 1's primary fire apparatus for nearly every call. It's frame sits on a Gladiator Chassis. It has a six man cab, which carries a driver, an officer and four firefighters.

Engine 21-1 carries six self-contained breathing apparatus (S.C.B.A.s). It carries 1,400 feet of 5" supply hose, as well as a large assortment of attack lines ranging from 3" in diameter down to 1 & 1/2". It is also equipped with a deck gun mounted over the mid-section of the cab and a portable step gun. The hoses, or attack lines, are all pre-connected and ready to go at a moment's notice.

All of the seats with the exception of the driver's have S.C.B.A.s mounted for packing up on the way to a call. The engine carries on additional S.C.B.A. system. The forcible entry tools include halligan bars, axes and pike poles. There is also a K-12 saw. Another necessity carried by the engine are the two hard suction tubes mounted on the sides of the engine.

Also carried by Engine 21-1 are a 24 foot extension ladder, a 12 foot roof ladder and a ten foot attic ladder. The engine is equipped with  two sirens, an electronic siren (similar to police/ambulance) and a pneumatic siren, often nicknamed a Federal 'Q' siren. The Federal siren is the distinctive siren noise commonly associated with fire trucks 'screaming' to a call.

The current engine was custom built for Archbald Hose Company No. 1 by FMC Corporation in Florida. Engine 21-1 was the second last apparatus ever built by FMC (the last apparatus built by FMC was made for Browndale Fire Company in Wayne County, PA). The FMC engine replaced the previous apparatus, a red 1970 Ford four-man engine.                                                   

 

                           

 

 

Squad 21-1

1996 Chevy Series 3500

Squad 21-1 is a white Chevy pickup truck with a utility box in place of the bed. It serves as Archbald Hose Company No. 1's secondary fire apparatus on most calls; however, on water rescue calls, it serves as the primary emergency response vehicle. It seats five: a driver, an officer, and three firefighters.

The Squad carries several essential pieces of equipment. It has two complete S.C.B.A. systems and carries the spare S.C.B.A. cylinders. It also carries fire extinguishers, indian tanks (for brush fires), 800 feet of 1" brush fire hose and all of the company's water rescue gear. During flooding, the Squad is capable of carrying three pumps to calls. It also carries several pieces of equipment for containing spills of Hazardous Materials (Haz-Mat).

The Squad replaced the former apparatus, a 1993 Dodge Ram ambulance. The ambulance, nicknamed 'The Great Pumpkin,' was donated to us by Rural Metro Ambulance. The current squad was purchased in the spring of 2005.

                         

 

*All drivers of both apparatus are certified in Emergency Vehicle Operations (EVOC), Pump Ops I, and must complete driver training*

 

Additional Apparatus of the Archbald Borough Fire Department:

Black Diamond Hose Company #2 : Engine 21-2, Brush 21-2

East Side Hose Company #4: Engine 21-4, Tanker 21-4

Sturges Hose Company #5: Engine 21-5

Station 33 - Eynon Hose Company: Engine 33 (formerly Engine 21-3)

Archbald Community Ambulance & Rescue Squad: Rescue 21, Ambulances 21-8 & 21-9, QRV 21/Quad 21