DUTY 76

Duty 76 is used by our duty officer to go directly to the scene and establish command and report pertinent information to incoming units. Duty 76 is equipped with radios, water can, fire extinguisher, SCBA, accountablility and command materials.

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Engine 7-6-1 was originally purchased by the Ironville Fire Company in 1993, but joined the West Hempfield fleet after the merger in 2000. Like all of the other Ironville apparatus, Engine 1 is a bright "fire-truck" red. Engine 1 is our secondary fire fighting piece used mostly for brush fires, wires, spill controls, and sometimes on crashes. Engine 1 has seating for 6 including 5 SCBA seats. It has a top mounted pump and 1000 gallon water tank with 5 preconnected 1-3/4" hose lines (one crosslay off each side, two speedlays deployable from either side, and a trash line coming out of a compartment on the front bumper).  Other hose include 2-1/2", 3", and 5" hose plus two sections of hard suction all coming off the rear. Engine 1 carries various other equipment including a 35 ft extension ladder, a roof ladder, a closet ladder, oil dry, ventilation fan, cribbing, foam, multiple hand tools, chain saw, and hooks. 

             

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 ENGINE 76-2

Engine 7-6-2 was purchased by the Silver Spring Fire & Rescue Company in 1999 with the knowledge that the merger was going through to form the West Hempfield Fire & Rescue Company in January 2000. Knowing this, the engine was painted and lettered for the new department despite actually going in service for a few months as Engine 7-13-2. Engine 2 is our front line fire fighting piece. It is first out on dwellings and most other fire natured calls. Engine 2 has seating for 6 including 5 SCBA seats. The cab has a 10 inch raise for ease of movement inside and the pump is side mounted with a 1000 gallon water tank. Engine 2 has three 1-3/4" preconnected lines, two of which can flow Class A foam, and a 2-1/2 preconnected line off the sides. Off the rear, there is a Blitzfire stepgun preconnected to 3" hose, one 1-3/4" preconnect, one 2-1/2" preconnect, 5" hose, and two sections of hard suction. Engine 2 is very well equiped including a 35ft extention ladder, 14 ft roof ladder, 10 ft closet ladder, chain saw, K-12 saw, positive and negative pressure fans, extinguishers, hooks, and pike poles.

         

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 RESCUE 76

  2008 Spartan/SVI

Rescue 7-6 was purchased by West Hempfield Fire & Rescue in 2009 after many years of hard work by the Rescue Committee. The Rescue has seating for 7 personnel and with 6 SCBA seats and an additional SCBA for the driver located in a compartment. The primary function of the Rescue is for vehicle accidents, but is well equipped to handle other calls such as fires, industrial and environmental rescues, RIT, haz-mat, and much more.  The Rescue has 5 preconnected Hurst Hydraulic tools. In the front bumper will be a spreader and a cutter, and in the rear officer's side compartment will be a spreader, a cutter, and a combi tool. There are also 3 hydraulic rams of various sizes and another spreader that are not preconnected. Each tool is hooked up to a 100ft hydraulic reel, but for further distances or extreme circumstances the Rescue has 2 portable gas power units with hoses that can power 2 tools each. In addition to the Hurst tools the Rescue carries a large quantity of other equipment needed for vehicle accidents. The Rescue carries 4 large and 2 small stabilization struts, a large quantity of various sizes of cribbing, sawzalls, tool boxes, brooms and shovels, and an oil dry hopper capable of holding several hundred pounds of oil dry. Other rescue related equipment the rescue carries include a large compliment of airbags, air chisels and air tools, chain saws, circular saws, water rescue equipment, and rope rescue equipment.  The Rescue has a 500 gallon pump with a 500 gallon water tank plus a –gallon class A foam and a –gallon class B Foam tank. There are 3 preconnected handlines on the Rescue, two being 1 3/4"  and one 2 1/2" lines. It also carries multiple extinguishers and water cans along with positive and negative pressure fans. There is an onboard cascade system to fill SCBA cylinders. The cascade system has 4 6000psi cylinders and has a fill station capable of filling two cylinders at the same time. In addition to everything listed the Rescue also carries a variety of addition tools, hooks. pike poles, and most of what we would need on any call. The Rescue will be certified as a QRS and be capable of responding on QRS calls when the need arises. The Rescue has many capabilities and is our busiest apparatus at WHFR, responding on calls ranging from vehicle accidents, to fires, rescues, gas leaks, and haz-mat calls. This Rescue was well planned out and will serve West Hempfield and it's surrounding communities for many years to come.

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  TANKER 76

 1999 Mack/New Lexington

Tanker 76 was purchased by Ironville Fire Company in 1999 and painted and lettered for West Hempfield for the merger at the beginning of 2000. The Tanker is used as a water supply piece to our non-hydranted areas and often goes on mutual aid calls to assist neighboring fire departments. Tanker carries 3000 gallons of water, has seating for 2 firefighters, and carries 1 SCBA in the compartment on the officers side. The tanker has two 1-3/4" and one 1-3/4" hose lines that are not preconnected and also has 3 inch and 4 inch hose that may be needed for making various connections and filling water. The 3500 gallon capacity porta-tank is mounted on the officer's side of the tank and is lowered at the flip of a switch for the crew to deploy. There are three main dumps on the tanker, one at the rear, and one on each side. All dumps can be operated from inside and/or outside the cab. The tanker also carries two sections of hard suction in compartments coming off the back of the tanker on either side of the tank, multiple adapters, extinguishers, water can, and a low level strainer.

         

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 SQUAD 76-1/QRS 76