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Station 8 Page
STATION 8 PHOTOS
The Ocho
Station Location: 4422 Overland Road
Station Call Letters: KLU266
Units in Quarters: Engine 8
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ENGINE 8 is a 2007 Spartan/Boise Mobile Equipment (BME) 1500 gpm pumper.
The chassis is a Spartan Gladiator Classic series chassis with a cab that
seats four. There is additional storage for equipment in roll-up cabinets
location between the front seats and the back on the outside of the cab.
The body is built by Boise Mobile Equipment. It has a 500
gallon tank and Hale pump. It is powered by a 400 hp Detroit diesel engine,
which has been made compliant with the new EPA standards for diesel
emissions. The lighting is packaged by Federal Signal. It was the first of four new Spartan/BME
engines to go into service in this order for four new apparatus and the
first to go into service.. Other specifications are as follows:
- Top-mount pump and speedlays
- 42,500 lb. gross vehicle weight rating
- Allison EVS automatic transmission
- Air brakes with Anti-lock (ABS) braking system
- Aluminum body
- Rescue style compartments
- Roll-up doors by ROM
- Slide-out vertical tool boards
- Stainless steel pump panel
- Hale QMAX pump
- Hale 5.0 foam system
- 30-gallon foam tank
- 270-amp Leece Neville alternator
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Boise Fire Station Pictures
Fire Station 8 Location Map
