APPARATUS OF THE MONTH

By John M. Malecky                                                               January, 2025

 A TRIP BACK TO CAMDEN COUNTY

This month we return to Camden County to feature more apparatus. There is still more Camden apparatus to come in a future column. We start with Bellmawr’s new Pierce Quint 3 and Squad 3. These were not yet delivered when the previous trip was made. The older Pierce quint was traded in. We also photographed a Horton ambulance at their quarters. Next, we continue to show Mt. Ephraim units that were not in the last column. They are Engine 45-1 which formerly served in Westville and Squad 4 which was refurbished by Fireline in 2021. Collingswood’s Spartan ER Metro Star S-180 pumper is next. It has a 10-inch raised roof cab, Hale DSD 1500-gpm pump with front bumper intake and hoseline, three 1 3/4 -inch crosslays, and Elkhart Stinger monitor. It also has ROM roll-up compartment doors and Whelen telescoping floodlights. We will add that their Seagrave rear-mount aerial is now in service in the City of Camden, but at the time we visited Camden City it was not lettered. Collingswood has no aerial at this time. The last one featured this month is from Somerdale, and is a 2022 Ferrara Cinder pumper. There will also be more from Somerdale later.

The Cheesequake Fire Department in Old Bridge Township (Middlesex County) has a new Sutphen Monarch/SVI heavy rescue sold by Blaze Emergency Equipment. Specs include a non-walk-in body, 73-inch six seat cab with 10-inch raised roof, Cummins L9, 450 hp diesel engine, HiViz Firetech scene lighting, Command Light tower and Amkus power unit with two hydraulic reels. They have also on order a Sutphen SLR 100 quint. Blaze also received an order from Pemberton Township (Burlington County) for a Sutphen custom pumper with 4 seat cab, EMS compartments, 1500-gpm pump and 1000-gallon water tank.They have delivered another Lifeline Superliner ambulance to Manchester Township (Ocean County). Neptune City (Monmouth County) has received a Seagrave Marauder pumper.

New Jersey Emergency Vehicles has delivered the following: a P.L. Custom Classic Type 1 ambulance on a Dodge D5500 4x4 chassis to the Somerville RS (Somerset County), and three Classic Type 1’s on Ford F-550 4x4 chassis to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office MEDSTAR. Note that the Hillside ambulance reported in the last column is also a 4x4. Also delivered is a light duty Rescue 1 on a Ford F-550 4x4 chassis to the Nutley FD Hazmat Unit (Essex County) and a P.L. Custom remounted Type III ambulance on a Ford E-450 chassis to the Lakewood FAS (Ocean County). They are prepping three P.L. Custom Medallion Type III’s on Ford E-450 chassis. One each are for Carney’s Point FD (Salem County), Jefferson Township FAS (Morris County), and Rahway FAS (Union County). They have received the following orders: for Keansburg FD a remount of a Type III P.L. Custom Medallion ambulance on a Ford E-450 chassis, a Toyne pumper for Asbury Park (both Monmouth County) and a P.L. Custom Classic Type I on a Ford F-550 4x4 chassis for the Clifton FD (Passaic County). 

Fire & Safety Services has received the following Pierce orders: in Somerset County, a Freightliner M2, Wildland Urban Interface pumper for Martinsville FC in Bridgewater Township District 1and an Enforcer PUC pumper for Franklin Township District 3. In Passaic County, for Clifton, one Enforcer 75-foot steel ladder and two Saber pumpers, and for Wayne Township Co. 5 (Packanack Lake) a Velocity pumper. In Atlantic County, for Egg Harbor Township an Enforcer pumper, in Union County an Enforcer pumper for Cranford, and in Sussex County an Enforcer 105-foot PUC ladder for Hardyston. Pierce deliveries include to the Neptune Fire District (Monmouth County) an Enforcer pumper, to the Long Hill Township/Stirling FC an Enforcer Encore rescue; and to Jefferson Township FC 2 a stock Enforcer 107-foot ladder (both Morris County), and to Glen Rock (Bergen County) a stock Enforcer mid-mount tower.

Defender Emergency Products has made the following deliveries: to the Morganville FD in Marlboro Township (Monmouth County) a Rosenbauer 109-foot Viper aerial on a Commander chassis with 78-inch cab and 11-inch raised roof. It has a Cummins 600 hp diesel engine, Waterous CSUC22C 2250-gpm pump and 600-gallon water tank. They have also delivered to On Time Medical Transport (a subsidiary of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital) four Medix ambulances. One is an RP-90 Metro Express Type III on a Ford E-450 chassis, and the other three are Type II’s on Ford Transit 250 van chassis.

Firefighter 1 reports that they have delivered to Denville (Morris County) a Fouts FB-94 custom rescue pumper. Specs include a Spartan FC-94 MFD chassis with 10-inch raised roof cab, seating for six with five Zico QM-EZL-F-SCBA brackets Cummins L9, 450 hp diesel engine, Hale Qmax single-stage 1500-gpm pump, front intake with six-inch swivel and electric valve, FRC pump pressure governor, Trident air primer, right side LDH discharge, front bumper discharge, two crosslays (200-feet of 1 ¾-inch each) rear 2 ½-inch discharge, UPF 1000-gallon water tank, 3/16 inch thick aluminum body with low hose bed, left and right full height /split depth compartments with Amdor roll-up doors, ladders between the tank and right high side, two adjustable hose bed dividers, spare bottle storage over rear wheels and Whelen scene lighting. They have received orders for four apparatus. One is from the New Point Comfort FC in Keansburg (Monmouth County) for a Ferrara Cinder custom pumper. Specs include a Cummins L9, 450 hp diesel engine, six seats (five SCBA), Hale Qmax 1750-gpm pump, 750-gallon poly water tank, extruded aluminum body with rescue left side and ladders right side above compartments and a low hose bed. Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery, Linden (Union County) ordered a Ferrara non-walk-in rescue on a Freightliner M2-106 two-door chassis. Specs include a Cummins L9, 360 hp diesel engine, 17-foot extruded aluminum body, Akron Revel 12 volt LED scene lights, Harrison 25 kw PTO generator, Hannay electric reel with 200-feet of 10/3 wire, two Whelen tripod lights and a Will Burt light mast with a thermal imaging camera. The North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue (Hudson County) has ordered two Ferrara apparatus. One is a 100-foot tractor-drawn aerial on an Inferno chassis. It will have a Cummins X15, 605 hp diesel engine, five seat cab, 500-pound tip load on the ladder, David Clark wireless intercom system and Akron Scene Star 12 volt LED scene lighting. The other is a Ferrara Cinder custom pumper with a five-seat cab, Cummins L9, 450 hp diesel engine, Hale Qmax 1750-gpm pump, 750-gallon water tank, extruded aluminum body with rescue left side and ladders right side above compartments and a low hose bed.