MEDWAY RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Queens County, Nova Scotia


CHARLESTON EQUIPMENT

This is our main attack truck which goes to all structure fires, wild land fires, chimney fires, accidents, and mutual aid calls when requested.  It is a 1994 Ford Diesel with a club cab and airbrakes.   It has two complete sets of breathing apparatus, allowing two people to be geared up and ready to go immediately upon arrival. The truck has a two stage pump and, depending on what our needs are, we can either use the pump for low pressure or volume, or with high pressure for a fast attack using the fog nozzles.  One power take off gives you low pressure or volume.  If we are pumping, this is the one we use.  If we want a fast attack, we use the hose reels on the top of the truck and put the pump to high pressure; this will give a fast attack and fog nozzle which is where the words Fog Pumper on the trucks’ side comes from.  We can also put foam on fires with the foam nozzle and use the volume pump.   Charleston Fire Truck
Charleston Fire Truck The tank in this vehicle carries about 900 gallons of water. The law in regard to airbrakes says anyone with a class 5 license may take the truck to a fire but upon return to the fire hall after the emergency is deemed over, we must have a driver with an air brake endorsement on their license.   We currently have six members with this on their license.
This is our rescue unit; a 1978 GMC.  A new box was placed on it in 1986 by the fire department we purchased it from, making it into a rescue unit.  The unit goes to most emergency calls, and is the second unit out.   It has a 500 gallon per minute Honda portable pump on it which we can use if we are unable to access water directly with our other truck.  We can set it up to either fill trucks or put water on a fire if need be. The rescue unit has a generator used for power or to run the light towers to light up a building.  It carries extra breathing apparatus tanks as well. Inside there are four complete sets of breathing apparatus set up ready to go so the firefighters can suit up and be ready to fight a fire when the truck arrives at the location of the call.  Charleston Fire-Rescue Truck

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