The Evansville Fire Department will dedicate a new firefighting apparatus in a ceremony at FORD CENTER Tuesday. The new truck, a Platform Quint built by Ferrara Fire Apparatus in Holden, Louisiana, is the first Ferrara Platform to be purchased by EFD. The new Quint features an Inferno Cab, 2000 gallon per minute pump, a 100’ Aerial with Platform and is powered by a 500 horsepower Cummins diesel engine with an Allison transmission.
Typically the first 2 questions asked are, “What is a Platform?†and “What is a Quint?†A Quint meets “5†requirements by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for apparatus types. The 5 are; an aerial ladder, a large compliment of ground ladders, water tank, pump and hose. Explaining the platform is somewhat easier. The platform is a “basket†attached to the end of the aerial ladder. The cost of the new Quint was $941,773.64.
The new truck will be stationed at Fire Station #8 on the Northside and will be named for Retired Fire Inspector Dennis Mosby. Mosby served on the Department from 1980 until 2003 and passed away in 2013 from a long battle with Muscular Dystrophy. Mosby was instrumental in writing the program for EFD’s first computerized time management system.
The ceremony is Tuesday April 15th at 2 PM at the FORD CENTER.
I gotta say I’ve known Dennis for many a year , a good man
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