R341 is a Twin of Engine 342 that was delivered to the Borough back in 1996. They are the oldest vehicles in our Fleet at about 28 years old!
341 is a 1996 E-ONE Cyclone. At delivery up until a few years ago, 341 was known as Engine 341 and was a primary attack engine for many of our incidents. While it is now used as our Rescue, it still does have a 1500 Gallon per Minute Pump, a 1000 Gallon Water Tank, a 30 Gallon Foam tank and a full complement of attack hose lines for putting fires out, supply hose lines for connecting to other apparatus and hydrants and a variety of hand tools and other equipment to ensure we are able to get the job done.
To some of you that know our Department, you may be confused by the name, but for the last several years, this piece of apparatus has become our Department’s primary Rescue vehicle as opposed to being a first due Engine.
This was done for a few reasons. First, we had run out of space on 344 due to an increase in the Rescue Equipment we were beginning to carry as our members advanced their training in Extrication and Technical Rescues. Second, at 25+ years old at the time, we were trying to continue getting useful years out of 341 by decreasing the amount of responses it was required for throughout the years.
As time has gone on, we have continued to add Rescue Equipment and have made several modifications to R341 to better suit out Department, including creating a new side mounted box near the hose bed for our cribbing and removing some interior seats to allow storage for our Lifting Air Bags and other equipment.
This piece of apparatus features many of the standard firefighting tools that all of our trucks carry, but most notably, it carries our Rescue Equipment (with the exception of Rope Rescue). This includes our Hydraulic Extrication Equipment, our Battery Powered Extrication Cutters and Spreaders (and in the future hopefully Battery Powered Rams), Air Bags for Lifting, a large amount of stabilization tools and struts, many hand power tools and much more!
R341 is the First Due piece of apparatus to respond to Rescue calls (excluding Rope Rescue) and a support vehicle on any other incidents that require manpower or tools.
At this time, the Rescue currently has seating for 6. There are seats for a Driver and Officer in the front, and for 4 Firefighters in the Crew Cab Area (Back of the Cab).
341 is a 1996 E-ONE Cyclone. At delivery up until a few years ago, 341 was known as Engine 341 and was a primary attack engine for many of our incidents. While it is now used as our Rescue, it still does have a 1500 Gallon per Minute Pump, a 1000 Gallon Water Tank, a 30 Gallon Foam tank and a full complement of attack hose lines for putting fires out, supply hose lines for connecting to other apparatus and hydrants and a variety of hand tools and other equipment to ensure we are able to get the job done.
To some of you that know our Department, you may be confused by the name, but for the last several years, this piece of apparatus has become our Department’s primary Rescue vehicle as opposed to being a first due Engine.
This was done for a few reasons. First, we had run out of space on 344 due to an increase in the Rescue Equipment we were beginning to carry as our members advanced their training in Extrication and Technical Rescues. Second, at 25+ years old at the time, we were trying to continue getting useful years out of 341 by decreasing the amount of responses it was required for throughout the years.
As time has gone on, we have continued to add Rescue Equipment and have made several modifications to R341 to better suit out Department, including creating a new side mounted box near the hose bed for our cribbing and removing some interior seats to allow storage for our Lifting Air Bags and other equipment.
This piece of apparatus features many of the standard firefighting tools that all of our trucks carry, but most notably, it carries our Rescue Equipment (with the exception of Rope Rescue). This includes our Hydraulic Extrication Equipment, our Battery Powered Extrication Cutters and Spreaders (and in the future hopefully Battery Powered Rams), Air Bags for Lifting, a large amount of stabilization tools and struts, many hand power tools and much more!
R341 is the First Due piece of apparatus to respond to Rescue calls (excluding Rope Rescue) and a support vehicle on any other incidents that require manpower or tools.
At this time, the Rescue currently has seating for 6. There are seats for a Driver and Officer in the front, and for 4 Firefighters in the Crew Cab Area (Back of the Cab).
