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October, 2014
1st Responder Newspaper - NJ
New Jersey
VENDOR SPOTLIGHT
EASY 3000 and EASY 4000: Large Flow Fans by LEADER Even today, fourteen years after the Mont-Blanc Tunnel fire, people around the world remember the 39 lives from 9 nationalities lost in this disaster. This happened after a truck caught fire in the middle of the tunnel, filling it with dense toxic smoke. To prevent the flames and smoke spreading in large structures, LEADER has produced the Large Flow Ventilation units: Easy 3000 and Easy 4000. LEADER Large Flow Ventilation: 3000 m² blown in 30 seconds! The LEADER large flow fans are used to provide effective smoke extraction in large structures, such as parking garages, airports, aircraft on the ground, subways and rail and road tunnels. Designed and manufactured in France, the LEADER large flow fans offer two engine types. The Easy 3000 uses the reliable and robust ROTAX aircraft engine and the Easy 4000 has the renowned BMW Flat Twin engine. The Easy 4000
fan, LEADER’s most recent innovation, gives a powerful airflow of 400,000 m³/h in the open air and the 4-stroke BMW engine has electronic startup. Our proven Easy 3000 offers an airflow of 350,000 m³/h in the open air from its 2-stroke ROTAX engine. After exhaustive testing, we have proved their effectiveness. For example, smoke filling a 3000 m3 warehouse has been cleared in just 30 seconds! Likewise, during the smoke extraction in a 1 km double-track tunnel, the smoke has been cleared in 12 minutes bringing sufficient visibility to enable firefighters to enter. The tunnel was completely cleared within 20 minutes. Furthermore, the Easy 4000 or 3000 can help to rapidly reduce the concentration of CO and, in the right conditions, can allow operations to continue without the need for SCBA. Their extremely low weight gives them an unrivalled performance / maneuverability ratio in operation,
meaning just one or two firefighters can handle them easily! Equipped with a nozzle spraying system in their standard version, LEADER large flow fans offer effective gas dilution, dissipation or displacement and smoke cooling
already in use around the world, with LEADER receiving many orders for the new Easy 4000 even before its official launch! This confirms the quality and commitment to innovation that LEADER provides as standard
These fans are in high demand. A great number of Easy 3000 fans are
In addition to the light-weight trailer version offered, the two fans are
Today, The B’s paint is brighter and more durable than the original; the gold leafing is fresher, the cabinet interiors are sound and the chrome is bright and shiny.
The B is now ready to respectfully escort Chester volunteers to a final resting place.
available in a « Skid » version to be attached to any type of operational vehicle, truck or trailer. Other options are also available such as 360° manual rotation system, 600 or 1200 mm elevating platforms, flexible exhaust gas extensions, blowing ducts, etc.
In the Dog House with Chester Chester’s 1963 B Model Mack is known as “The B”. It’s a basic stock truck: “Nothing special.” says Reb, a fifty-year member.
ative ways. It might tumble out of a fire truck cabinet at inspection; or be sitting in the drivers’ seat, fully dressed, when a call came in.
“I never drove it much.” Instead, he mentions the men who usually drove it when he joined the department in 1964. “We had great camaraderie and fun. It was their pet.”
Later, when Chester showed The B at the Antique Muster in Boonton, it won many prizes. Maintenance for parade purposes paid off when Chester decided to refurbish The B. The committee wanted an exterior paint job, new gold leafing and chrome. They wanted to install a removable bier for easy use during funeral detail.
In 1963, Chester Volunteer Fire Co. had only Mack Trucks and so was known as “The Dog House.” Friendly pranksters sometimes left dog food for The Dog House Macks. In response, corn was scattered in front of trucks at a nearby fire company they called the “Chicken House.” Sometimes, a man-sized stuffed gorilla was passed between friendly fire companies in a game of “hot potato” in increasingly cre-
Chester had Valtek, firetruckbodyshop.com provide detailed estimates so they could figure out what they could afford. When ready to do the work, they committed a substantial deposit. Valtek welcomed the committee to inspect at intervals to ensure that the work was going as expected.
Chester’s Motto: “We work to-
gether; we play together. We discuss and argue together. If it comes time to cry, we cry together.”