{"id":3228,"date":"2018-04-05T21:18:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T01:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2019-07-27T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T13:07:39","slug":"chapel-hills-new-platform-ladder-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/chapel-hills-new-platform-ladder-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapel Hill’s New Platform Ladder… And Other News… And Some History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapel Hill’s new platform ladder was delivered last week. Tower 72 arrived on Thursday, March 29. Photographer Lee Wilson was there, and took these photos. See that album<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Tis a\u00a02018 Sutphen Monarch, 1500\/300\/100′, with a one-off grey-over-Carolina-blue color scheme. (Grey to blend with the boom color.)\u00a0It’ll be placed in service at\u00a0Station 3, and replace Tower 73, a 2006 KME 1500\/250\/100’. (Maybe as early as this week?) The older truck will be sold.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then some weeks later, it’ll be moved to Station 2, which is being rebuilt\u00a0on South Hamilton Road.\u00a0That project is\u00a0nearing completion.\u00a0When it opens, Tower 72 will be moved there. Here’s a prior blog posting<\/a> about the project.<\/p>\n

Engine 32 is currently operating from a temporary station, just around the corner on Finley Golf Course Road. Here are some photos<\/a> of their temporary quarters.<\/p>\n

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\nLee Wilson photos<\/p>\n

Built in Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

The $1.3 million apparatus\u00a0was constructed in Dublin, Ohio. It took ten months to build. The replacement was needed as the older ladder has been plagued with mechanical problems, as this town news release<\/a> notes.<\/p>\n

Funding for the truck was paid for by two-thirds general obligation bond funds that the Town Council approved on January 18, 2017. That issuance of bond funds also completed payment for new radios.<\/p>\n

That completed a four-year project adding APX three-band radios for the entire Operations division.\u00a0Crews previously carried three different radios on their apparatus, for communicating with mutual aid units.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second Ladder Company<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapel Hill is also adding a second ladder company. Around the time that Station 2 opens, Ladder 74 will be placed in service as Station 4.<\/p>\n

It will\u00a0operate the current Engine 35, a 2014 Sutphen Monarch 1500\/500\/75′ mid-mount aerial ladder. With existing personnel. No new firefighters have been hired. (If staffing drops below a set level on a given day, Engine 34 will go out of service.)<\/p>\n

Here’s the run-down on station assignments, after Station 2 opens and the moves are completed:<\/p>\n