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Rescue 518 is a Saulsbury Cougar Series Rescue on a Spartan Gladiator Long four-door Chassis with a 370 HP Detroit Series 60 Diesel, Allison HD-4060P Automatic Transmission. The chassis is equipped with an 18 ft Rescue Body with roll-up compartment doors.

Its features include a 25,000 Watt Onan PTO drive generator, Permanent recessed side mounted 500 Watt quartz floodlights, Will-Burt Night-Scan light tower and four 1500 Watt quartz floodlights, two Hannay electric cable reels, four hydraulic reels, air cylinder fill station, four cylinder on-board air cascade system, low pressure air hose reels, 12,000 lb front electric winch, upper and under body storage compartments, and custom designed exterior side compartments. 

The Rescue carries a wide array of rescue tools and fire/rescue equipment. Below is a short list of some of the tools/equipment that is carried.

Rescue Tools:

Two Hurst electric simo units and one portable gas powered unit

Four, 100ft pre-connected hydraulic cord reels

One Hurst 28" spreader, One Hurst 32"spreader, Two Hurst combi tools, Two Hurst cutters and Four Hurst hydraulic rams

Pneumatic air bag system

Large selection of wood cribbing and other stabilization devices

Petrogen torch, whizzer saw and Ajax air hammer rescue kit

Wide array of hand tools

Basic EMS equipment

Quad gas meter, PID meter, RAD meter

Basic Hazmat equipment

Fire/Rescue equipment:

Various hand tools including hooks, haligans and axes

Cutters edge chainsaw and K12 circular saw

Two PW cans

Thermal Imaging Camera

Four bottle cascade system and filling station

Various Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) equipment

 

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 21 May 2011 )