Archived News and Events

Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to the BFD, the families and the firefighting community and brotherhood. Take care of yourselves, and be safe. When the alarm sounds, we all must perform our duties, never losing sight of the uncertainty of the challenges we are facing.

With the summer quickly coming to a close, the fire industry faces yet another round of regulations affecting the way we operate and order apparatus. January 1, 2010 starts the next round of standards that affect all of us in the fire industry. Like it or not, emissions from diesel engine pose not only a hazard to the firefighters using them, but contribute to a negative environmental impact globally.  In an effort to reduce emissions, engines builders have been required to redesign their engines eliminating NOx completely.

This has left the industry with only two engine builders for the upcoming year- Cummins and International. Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar will no longer have engines available to the fire service. For departments well on their way in the procurement process, purchasing a pre-2010 compliant power plant should not pose much of an issue. Though inventory varies greatly by OEM, 2007 compliant engines are still very much available. However, this supply is limited. An explosion in new orders, industry wide is expected, as customer attempt to make purchase in order to beat the deadline. This activity will have quite the effect on engine inventory.

It is highly recommended that the orders be placed, with signed contracts in order to receive the engine that is desired.  As the inventory is reduced, engines will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Just because your spec calls for a pre-2010 engine, does not guarantee you anything. It is advised, for those customers in the planning stages of specifying, and ordering new apparatus before the end of 2009, they contact us to learn more about these upcoming standard changes and how this potentially may influence their purchase.

As of this time and date, a real figure of how the costs of re-engineering and re-tooling the production of these engines is uncertain, we can be safe to assume, there will be a cost increase for these new engines passed along to the consumer- that’s just a fact of business.

In other news, Fire Equipment Sales & Service, Inc. has been signed on as a dealer for ASAP, Alternative Support Apparatus Inc. of Midvale Ohio.  The ASAP starts as a stock Polaris 6x6 Ranger. ASAP has exclusive rights from Polaris to modify the chassis and suspension to stretch the length by almost an additional 2-feet. This allows for a completely enclosed patient compartment, providing the ability to secure a patient on a full sized stretcher, or stokes basket, providing protection, security and privacy. The machine is extremely maneuverable and customizable. In place of the ambulance compartment, a 150-gallon water tank, foam tank, multiple portable pump options and foam systems are available, making this the most unique, maneuverable and largest tank capacity of any UTV wild fire unit on the market. Generator power, heat/ AC and warning light options are available. Please select the ASAP link on the left margin to learn more about this unique apparatus, and call us today for a demonstration and quote!

2009 Spring Show Schedule
You can visit Fire Equipment Sales & Service, Inc., ASAP Utility Vehicles and/ or Crimson Fire at the following shows and expos scheduled throughout our region on the following dates:

FDIC- Indianapolis IN (Exhibits 23-25)
April 20-25, 2009

Fire Expo- Harrisburgh PA
May 15-17, 2009

NY State Association of Fire Chiefs 103rd Annual Conference & Expo
Turning Stone Resort, Verona NY
June 10-13, 2009