A large diameter front suction to the streamer port allows this engine to supply multiple handlines and a master stream.
Good lighting improves fireground safety.
This article originally appearred in the September 1999 Issue of Fire-Rescue Magazine . This is the first in a series of Fire Department 2000 articles featuring innovative apparatus, equipment and ideas that break with tradition and take a new path to protect the public. It's fair to say that most apparatus are built on existing ideas. Almost all firefighters will tell you they buy a new engine and try to fit their equipment on it. We should know what equipment we need and design the apparatus to carry it.