2011 Pierce Quantum Dive Rescue Truck ~NEW PICS!~

ISU_Cyclone

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May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
Our paid-on-call fire department takes delivery of this 2011 Pierce Quantum Dive Rescue truck on Wednesday. It will hold gear for our (approx) 12 member dive team and will also respond as a heavy rescue truck. It has a walk-thru cab design and 4 SCBA seats in the cab. I will post better/more pictures once we have it. The following are from the factory.


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May 22, 2010
1,163
Central WV
Looks really nice! Can't wait for more pics and some videos.


Do you all do a lot of major water rescues? Is this your departments heavy rescue or just a dedicated dive/water rescue unit?
 

ISU_Cyclone

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May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
aberfitchguy2472 said:
Looks really nice! Can't wait for more pics and some videos.

Do you all do a lot of major water rescues? Is this your departments heavy rescue or just a dedicated dive/water rescue unit?

Thanks! I can't wait until it's here so I can get some nice photos! My only gripe so far is I think it needs an arrowstick or something to the rear and I'm not too sure about the lightbar...but we'll see.


Our township is located in an area called "Lake Country" due to there being many lakes in the area. We are situated in between 2 of the busier lakes in the county and do mutual aide to surrounding communities for dive rescue. I wouldn't say we do a lot of major water rescues, but we are called upon from time to time for less serious calls (2 days ago, lady drove car into retention pond). We also have a dive trailer with a Zodiac and ice/dive rescue equipment.


This is the truck it is replacing. We do use it as a "Rescue Truck" for carrying extra equipment (saws, generators, scene lighting, extra SCBA) and personnel to scenes. Extrication equipment is kept on our engines. I believe this is a 1984 GMC gas truck. It is currently for sale if anyone is interested. Located in Delafield, WI (SE Wisconsin, 30 min west of Milwaukee). :cool:


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Is the SCBA tank refill a bottle to bottle refill, or is that a whole stand alone air machine? (where it creates air pressure itself?)


Sorry, its early, and I cannot remember the proper name for the life of me.. :lol:
 

RDT Car 25

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May 22, 2010
364
Milford, CT
unlisted said:
Is the SCBA tank refill a bottle to bottle refill, or is that a whole stand alone air machine? (where it creates air pressure itself?)

Sorry, its early, and I cannot remember the proper name for the life of me.. :lol:

maybe a compressor or a cascade?
 

FireEMSPolice

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May 21, 2010
3,429
Ohio
unlisted said:
Is the SCBA tank refill a bottle to bottle refill, or is that a whole stand alone air machine? (where it creates air pressure itself?)

Sorry, its early, and I cannot remember the proper name for the life of me.. :lol:

Cascade
 

Wailer

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May 24, 2010
2,290
Canada
Nice looking truck. That Q siren in the front bumper would make a dandy boat anchor. :lol:
 

RDT Car 25

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May 22, 2010
364
Milford, CT
Wailer said:
Nice looking truck. That Q siren in the front bumper would make a dandy boat anchor. :lol:

As long as they install a Powercall or T1300A ;)
 

badge22

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Aug 14, 2010
934
MI, United States
I really like the round headlights. I would repaint the rear as soon as I took delivery, don't care what NFPA says.
 

badge22

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Aug 14, 2010
934
MI, United States
Wailer said:
Nice looking truck. That Q siren in the front bumper would make a dandy boat anchor. :lol:


Beats the heck out of anything circuit board can produce!
 

SSgt Elmer

Member
May 21, 2010
177
NE WI, USA
The lightbar rules. Love to see it in person, maybe a detour through delafield is in my future lol. Nice truck.
 

MATT3045

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May 23, 2010
269
Akron Ohio area
HPD84 said:
Wow,after 26 years finally a replacement and really nice upgrade :)
26 years, that is not bad. We are picking up our new engine next week that is replacing a 1970 something refurb in 1982 reserve engine.
 
May 21, 2010
98
Delafield, WI
MATT3045 said:
26 years, that is not bad. We are picking up our new engine next week that is replacing a 1970 something refurb in 1982 reserve engine .

Key words... This is our first out truck to any dive rescue call. It is also used for man power, mvc's, structure fire calls etc... This is a very important piece of apparatus to us and replacing it was over due. The old truck isn't in terrible condition but it is very out dated and terribly small/jam packed full of equipment. The new truck is awesome, minus the chevrons.
 

ISU_Cyclone

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May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
SlickSilveradoZ71 said:
Key words... This is our first out truck to any dive rescue call. It is also used for man power, mvc's, structure fire calls etc... This is a very important piece of apparatus to us and replacing it was over due. The old truck isn't in terrible condition but it is very out dated and terribly small/jam packed full of equipment. The new truck is awesome, minus the chevrons.

And the absence of a rear arrowstick and the fact the rear lights are not in an X-pattern :cool:
 

RDT Car 25

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May 22, 2010
364
Milford, CT
ISU_Cyclone said:
And the absence of a rear arrowstick and the fact the rear lights are not in an X-pattern :cool:


That shouldn't be too hard to fix I hope.
 
May 22, 2010
1,163
Central WV
Looks sharp!


Are there any controls over on the officers side? Also, on the third and fifth pictures, what are the tings sticking out from the rear side of the truck?


For the light tower, do you have the parking brake set with the truck running and do you have the generator engaged? I know on our truck I'm pretty sure we have to have the PTO generator activated to get the light tower to work, but I could be mistaken.
 

ISU_Cyclone

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May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
aberfitchguy2472 said:
Looks sharp!

Are there any controls over on the officers side? Also, on the third and fifth pictures, what are the tings sticking out from the rear side of the truck?


For the light tower, do you have the parking brake set with the truck running and do you have the generator engaged? I know on our truck I'm pretty sure we have to have the PTO generator activated to get the light tower to work, but I could be mistaken.

The officer side gets lighting controls as well, however it is limited to the "Master Emergency" button only if I recall correctly. Officer side does have the front flood light button, something the driver doesn't have.


The things sticking out are just marker lights mounted on flexible rubber arms so that they wont be broken off if struck.


The PTO generator was on and I believe all other "prerequisites" were covered. The manufacturer is coming by to troubleshoot it...
 
May 21, 2010
98
Delafield, WI
The light tower can be put up and moved without the PTO generator on BUT the lights will not turn on without the PTO generator engaged. In order to engage the PTO generator the truck has to be in neutral with the parking brake set.
 

ISU_Cyclone

Member
May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
SlickSilveradoZ71 said:
The light tower can be put up and moved without the PTO generator on BUT the lights will not turn on without the PTO generator engaged. In order to engage the PTO generator the truck has to be in neutral with the parking brake set.

Im just waiting for my harness to arrive so I can strap in and ride that thing up to the top for a great view of whats going on :cool:
 

K9Vic

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May 23, 2010
1,225
Fort Worth, TX
HPD84 said:
Wow,after 26 years finally a replacement and really nice upgrade :)

Seen the old 3176 many times when I was a news stringer back in the early 90s and looks just as it did back then other then the unit number change around 2000. The Town of Delafield is like many rural Waukesha Volunteer/Paid on Call departments, they have some older rigs, but are in great condition. So being 26 years old is not uncommon, but for the larger full time cities you will only see older rigs as backups.


Here is a video I shot around 1993, you can see some of the equipment they had back then. This is one of the few Town of Delafield videos I have during the day, most of them are at night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoaNr4jsPo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoaNr4jsPo


What is going to happen to the old 3176, are they selling it to another department? Still probably a good truck and likely low miles.
 

ISU_Cyclone

Member
May 21, 2010
1,447
SE Wisconsin, USA
K9Vic said:
Seen the old 3176 many times when I was a news stringer back in the early 90s and looks just as it did back then other then the unit number change around 2000. The Town of Delafield is like many rural Waukesha Volunteer/Paid on Call departments, they have some older rigs, but are in great condition. So being 26 years old is not uncommon, but for the larger full time cities you will only see older rigs as backups.


Here is a video I shot around 1993, you can see some of the equipment they had back then. This is one of the few Town of Delafield videos I have during the day, most of them are at night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoaNr4jsPo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogoaNr4jsPo


What is going to happen to the old 3176, are they selling it to another department? Still probably a good truck and likely low miles.

Very cool video!


The old truck is for sale right now. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4948&p=60542&hilit=dive+rescue+truck#p60542


All our trucks are definitely older than most other departments, so we have to take great care of them. We outgrew our old rescue truck more than anything; mechanically it is fine.
 

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