Engine 52 has seating for six personnel, is powered by a 425hp Detroit Diesel 8V92TA engine coupled with an Allison automatic transmission. The engine has a Waterous 1,250 g.p.m. single stage pump with a 750 gallon poly tank and 50 gallon foam cell.
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Tanker 5 has a 1,000 gpm pump and a 3,000 gallon water tank. This unit is due to be replaced in 2019 with a new custom Pierce Engine/Tanker.
Engine 51, which had seating for six personnel, was powered by a 350hp Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engine coupled with an Allison automatic transmission. The engine had a Waterous 1,250 g.p.m. single stage pump with a 1,000 gallon tank. There were two pre-connected 1 ¾” 200′ crosslays, one 1 ¾” 150′…
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Brush 5 served CHVFD for 28 years. It was equipped with a 250 gallon tank and a 400 gpm Hale pump.
This unit was purchased used in 1996 and initially responded on medical assists as Special Unit 59. The unit was re-purposed in 2005 into a command vehicle and responded as Chief 5.
CHVFD obtained this used 1985 Chevrolet Blazer from Huls America (formerly Tennaco of Worton, MD) and the membership put in the effort to clean and paint this vehicle for our use.
Purchased used from the Grasonville Volunteer Ambulance Department in 2001, this unit was the first ambulance ever owned by the company.
Tanker 5 was not equipped with a pump, but carried 4200 gallons of water – making it the biggest tanker in the County for many years.
Engine 52 was purchased from the Dumfries-Triangle Fire Department in Prince William County, VA in 1991. It was equipped with a 1500gpm waterous pump and a 750 gallon water tank.
Our 6,800-gallon tractor trailer tanker was replaced in 1981 with a 1967 International 4,200 gallon tanker we acquired from an Amoco dealer in Baltimore County.
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