GREENSBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT Greensboro, North Carolina
The Greensboro Fire Department Hazardous
Materials Team placed their new Hackney TC1282 Tractor/Trailer
Haz-Mat into service during the summer of '99. This
trailer packs a whopping 800 cu.ft. of storage volume,
excluding the rear command center.
The rear command features an "L"
shaped, wrap-around desk with a filing cabinet and
upper library and equipment cabinet. A 19" color
monitor is attached to the desk, and is connected
to a 400 mhz computer featuring CAMEO and ALOHA. A
printer, copier and fax are next to the work station,
as well as a bank of digital cellular phones.
On the roof, a WeatherPak 400 detector
sits atop a telescoping tower. The roof is accessible
via an OSHA compliant ladder at the rear of the trailer.
The roof top is used as an observation platform and
features a quick erect observation safety platform
rail system to comply with OSHA standards.
The tractor is a 4-door, raised
roof cab Freightliner with 330 hp Cummins and vertical
exhaust. It features a 35KW, single-phase PTO generator
inter-connected to the trailer to power a 6000-watt
light tower, (4) portable flood lights, multiple cord
reels, command center air conditioner and strip heaters
and all command center electrical outlets.
Slide-out racks are included for
mounting 12 complete SCBA's on a back-up and go configuration.
Between the SCBA racks are spare bottle storage tubes
for another 12 bottles. A full-size refrigerator/freezer
sits in a deep compartment for rehab and storage of
temperature sensitive testing equipment. The balance
of the space features multiple slide-out and slide/tilt
trays and shelves, plus two 78" high x 36"
deep two-sided tool boards for shovels, brooms, axes,
pry bars and hand tools. Both sides of the trailer
feature full length roll-out awnings and full enclosures
curtains. All this rescue capability came in way under
budget!
