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Martinsville Attack 43

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LITTLE BIG GUYS

 

By John M. Malecky                                                                 June, 2025

 

    In Somerset County, the Martinsville Fire Company in Bridgewater Township operates Attack 43, a 2016 Pierce mini pumper on a Ford F-550, 4 x 4 chassis. Features and equipment include a four seat cab, Hale 1000 gpm pump, 300 gallon water tank, two 1 ¾-inch preconnected crosslays, forestry hose, nozzles, fittings, Indian tanks, a chain saw, hand tools, hand fire extinguishers, a carbon monoxide meter, two Honda 3 kw portable generators, two telescoping floodlights, tool boxes, two SCBA and spare cylinders and a BLS kit.

 

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