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No: 36057 Contributor: Warren W. Jenkins Year: 1992 Manufacturer: Mack Country: United States of America
1987 Mack CS ROLL-OFF CAVE-IN unit
Originally bought by the Rockville VFD in Montgomery Co.,Maryland in 1988, this rig originally had a single rear axle, but later was changed to a tandem rear to carry greater weight.
Most often carried the cave-in module as shown, IIRC, there was also another module set up for water supply. Now off the RVFD roster, I believe this is still used by the county's Urban Search and Rescue team.
Photo by me at a public display, fall,1992.
Originally bought by the Rockville VFD in Montgomery Co.,Maryland in 1988, this rig originally had a single rear axle, but later was changed to a tandem rear to carry greater weight.
Most often carried the cave-in module as shown, IIRC, there was also another module set up for water supply. Now off the RVFD roster, I believe this is still used by the county's Urban Search and Rescue team.
Photo by me at a public display, fall,1992.
Thank you, I should say that fire apparatus on the Mack CS chassis are just as rare.
Rockville is credited with the 1st pod system in the US, but nearby Fairfax Co., VA. , whose chief at the time was x-Montgomery Co FRS. and a member of Rockville VFD, would soon place a 1989 International Paystar tandem axle tranporter with an Excellance field command pod in service . I believe there was also communications equipment and haz-mat pods with this unit, which I believe is still in service.
Neighboring Prince Georges County, Md. would buy a Freightliner FLD120 tandem axle transporter with collapse pod in 1996, this is now known as Collapse Response 806.
Interestingly, an article I researched for this post referred to the West Midlands Fire Brigade in the UK and their POD system on a Dennis chassis as an inspiration for Rockville's unit...
My next post will show another smaller POD system used by VFDs in PA and VA.
Added by Warren W. Jenkins on 19 September 2013.
Rockville is credited with the 1st pod system in the US, but nearby Fairfax Co., VA. , whose chief at the time was x-Montgomery Co FRS. and a member of Rockville VFD, would soon place a 1989 International Paystar tandem axle tranporter with an Excellance field command pod in service . I believe there was also communications equipment and haz-mat pods with this unit, which I believe is still in service.
Neighboring Prince Georges County, Md. would buy a Freightliner FLD120 tandem axle transporter with collapse pod in 1996, this is now known as Collapse Response 806.
Interestingly, an article I researched for this post referred to the West Midlands Fire Brigade in the UK and their POD system on a Dennis chassis as an inspiration for Rockville's unit...
My next post will show another smaller POD system used by VFDs in PA and VA.
Added by Warren W. Jenkins on 19 September 2013.
Mack
These systems are certainly still a pretty rare sight here, while they are to be found everywhere in many European fire services.
Added by Rob Johnson on 16 September 2013.