Patent ID: 7784554

Claim:
A firefighting vehicle comprising: a chassis; an operator cab supported at a front portion of the chassis and movable relative to the chassis between a transit position and a service position; a fire pump supported by the chassis at least partially under a rear portion of the operator cab, the fire pump comprising; a shaft; an impeller supported by the shaft, the impeller having a periphery; and a fire pump housing which encloses the impeller and supports the shaft for rotation about an axis, the housing including the fluid inlet configured to direct a fluid into the housing along a path generally parallel to the axis, and the housing including two fluid outlets configured to direct the fluid from the housing along two respective paths generally perpendicular to the axis, the direction of fluid flow from the fluid outlets being generally in opposite directions with a first outlet supported at a first lateral side of the vehicle and a second outlet supported at a second lateral side of the vehicle, wherein the shaft rotates the impeller in a pumping direction to move fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlets; a drive system supported by the chassis and comprising an engine and a transmission, at least the engine being positioned under the operator cab and forward of the fire pump; a tank configured to store a firefighting agent, the tank being supported by the chassis rearward of the operator cab and in fluid communication with a fluid inlet of the fire pump; fire hose connectors at the fluid flow outlet, the fire hose connectors being supported under the rear portion of the cab; and two fluid conduits in fluid communication with the fluid inlet, the conduits being configured to move fluid along a path generally perpendicular to the axis of the fluid inlet.