(Delivered) Yonkers, NY FD Hazmat trailer

[firedude 985]

State: New York

County: Westchester

City/Town/Municipality/Dept: Yonkers FD

Unit designation/identifier: YFD Hazmat Unit / County: HAZMAT 2

Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: 2012 Freightliner Tractor, Hackney Trailer

Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 40-ft walk-in trailer

Estimated delivery date: Fall 2012

Status: Delivered

Notes:

Yonkers added another Hackney special operations apparatus to their fleet with a HazMat trailer designed for mitigation and control responses. The 40-ft trailer includes 87” high x 45” deep exterior equipment storage compartments and a large interior control room with seating and two work stations.

Photos/PE Drawings: http://www.hackneyev...erstrl12_pr.pdf

Photos: http://www.hackneyev...l_yonkers12.php

Features/Specs:

• Hackney low-profile drop-deck trailer (interior floor is only approx. 36” off the ground for safe entering and exiting of control room and low overall apparatus height. Interior headroom is 82” for unobstructed movement.)
• Alloy aluminum wheels
• Polished stainless steel fenderettes
• Exterior TV compartment with 46” LCD TV mounted on wall connected to AV system.
• Exterior AV cabinet service access door
• Trailer leveling and stabilizer system
• Two (2) 140”L x 26”W and two (2) 190”L x 26” W roof top coffin compartments
• Fold-down step platforms (8)
• Recessed side wall adjustable shelf tracks
• Integrated tool box with (1) 4”H x 34”W x 30”D drawer and (3) 8” H x 34”W x 30”D drawers
• Slide-out storage rack for up to (12) SCBA’s in back-up and go donning configuration
• SCBA spare bottle storage tubes (22)
• Four-man squad bench with storage
• All-Aluminum, powder-coated storage cabinets
• Enclosed cabinet for electronic monitoring equipment with battery charger strip outlets
• Fully multiplexed electrical system integrated to tractor
• LED marker and tail lights
• Whelen 12vdc halogen scene lights: (3) each side and two rear with auto and manual activation
• LED compartment lights strips recessed vertically into side walls and partitions
• LED interior dome lights – 7”
• Whelen LED upper and lower zone NFPA 1901 compliant warning lights
• Color backup camera integrated to tractor VISTA
• Video Survellience System comprising: Video processor; 1 TB DVR; DVD; matrix switcher permitting multiple views on one screen and/or switching views to all TV locations; 16-port Ethernet switch; Remote Touchpanel controller; power conditioner and surge protector; electronics mounting rack.
• Color low-light camera and infrared camera mounted on telescoping mast
• Remote camera ports
• 46” LCD, 1080p TV (2) and 22” LCD TV (1)
• 40kw Kohler diesel generator with roof mounted radiator
• 22-gallon fuel tank beneath trailer for generator
• Isolated trailer battery system for electronics equipment rack with 90-amp battery conditioner and converter; (2) deep cycle gel-batteries
• 50-amp shorepower with 100-amp transfer switch to operate trailer from generator or shorepower
• Hannay electric rewind cord reels with 200-ft 10/4 cable (2) and four-outlet power distribution box on end of cable
• Telescoping flood lights on front of trailer (2)
• Tripod telescoping flood lights on rear (2)
• Will-Burt Nightscan light tower with (6) flood lights – multi-directional on traler roof
• Fluorescent compartment lights (120VAC) in all compartments
• Roof mounted air conditioner
• Base-board heaters (2)
• 7.2 cu.ft. freezer

From: http://www.hackneyev...l_yonkers12.php

[Bnechis 3,961]

Was used at last weekends WMD Drill. Very empressive. The large TV screen in the rear outside compartment was neat. They had displayed both live video and thermal imaging, remote gas detector readings (up to 16 detectors) and cameo cloud modeling. All being feed from the command area.

[x129K 1,393]

The technology available is mind boggling.

I think we are seeing the end of the blue collar firemen.....

[BFD1054 1,552]

Wow that is a sweet rig, very impressive indeed! Im sure it will serve Yonkers and beyond very well.

As Dan said, the technology is astonishing. I am certainly no Haz-Mat guru, but this thing certainly has all the bells and whistles.

Just a side question; i've always been curious, do YFD members have to obtain a class-A CDL to operate these tractor trailers or are they covered as they are emergency vehicles?

[Bnechis 3,961]

Just a side question; i've always been curious, do YFD members have to obtain a class-A CDL to operate these tractor trailers or are they covered as they are emergency vehicles?

Yes they do

[BFD1054 1,552]

Yes they do

Thanks Captain.

Just something that i was always curious about.

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Wow, awesome rig. Looks like its very well planned out. I'm a big fan of the trailer and/or POD concept for special ops apparatus, why have another truck to maintain when you can just keep a trailer? Especially when its not used on a daily basis. Our HAZMAT truck was purchased by the region but we're responsible for maintenance. The rig doesn't get out much but maintenance costs are way higher than they would be for a trailer.

Best of luck to YFD with the rig

[WAS967 97]

What would be cool is if every operator on the HazMat team has helmet cams that feed back to the computer monitors so command is sitting in the rig kinda like in Aliens and able to see video feeds on every operator. Oh....and a big honking gun turret on the top that folds down for those low overpasses.

[ex-commish 490]

Appears to be a well planned, well thought vehicle.

[jjpinto 297]

Here are both sides of the Haz Mat Trailer