Vista F.D. Fire-Fighting Apparatus













Engine 141


Officer: Bill Dingee
Foreman: Bob Bullard


Attack Engine 141

"141" is our main Fire Attack Engine and Ladder Truck. This is the engine that responds directly to the scene of a structure fire. It lays hose from the road to the structure so that it can deliver water supplied by our Tanker 4 and Mutual-Aid Tankers from other departments. "141" is equipped with a hydraulic ladder lift that lowers its ladder from the top of the truck for easy access; the ladder can then be taken off the truck by firefighters for use in ventilating a roof or reaching an upper storey window. In its crew-cab, "141" provides seating for four additional firefighters with full gear.

"141" boasts a Hale 1500 g.p.m. two-stage water pump for either volume or pressure pumping. It carries enough on-board water (1000 gallons) to provide ample continuous flow while being supplied by a relay of water tankers. It also carries 2000 ft. of 5-inch supply line, hard suction tubes for drafting from a water source, three 1¾ inch hose crosslays with Task Force Tip quick-detach automatic fog/straight-stream nozzels, and a 2½ inch hose line with a siamese for stretching two 1¾ inch hose lines behind a structure, and a second 2½ inch hose line with a Task Force Tip quick-detach automatic fog/straight-stream nozzel. In the rear, under the water tank, is an electric rewind 1 inch booster reel suitable for dousing small brush fires.

Included in the array of equipment on "141" is an on-board electric generator to power scene lamps, a hand-held spotlight, or an electric ventilation fan. Like all of our engines is equiped with automatic snow chains.

Other equipment includes: six Scott Airpacks, extra Scott bottles, a chain saw with short carbide and long normal blades, axes, haligan bars, pike poles, and other tools, a CO2 and gas detector, water extinguishers, a cell phone, six rechargable handlights, electric and gas-powered ventilation fans, chimney fire equipment, first-aid gear, speedy-dry and plug-and-dike, and 35 foot and 14 foot aluminum ladders and an Akron deck gun.

"141" is displayed in most parades that we march in.




141's Technical Specifications
Chassis 1991 Simon-Duplex tilt-cab
Body Saulsbury custom built
Engine 6 cyl. 6V92TA DDEC Detroit Diesel - 4.84" bore, 5" stroke, 552 cu. in., 17:1 compression, 1020 ft-lb torque at 1200 rpm, 350 bhp at 2100 governed rpm
Transmission Allison HT 740
Pump Hale QG 150-23S 2-stage 1500 gpm pump with a 10.5" centrifugal impeller and electric primer
Tank Capacity 1000 gal water
Deck Gun Akron model 3422
Booster Reel Hannay SBEF electric rewind w/ 200 ft. 1" 400 lb. pressure hose and Akron pistol grip
Ladders Hydrolic lift contains One Alco-Lite ALP-200-24 35' aluminum extension ladder, two Alco-Lite ALP-100-14 14' aluminum roof ladders, and one folding aluminum attic ladder