<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2MzxNc_16jxRXFT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2MzxNc_16jxRXFT00" width="1800" height="1200" ><figcaption>Fort Garry Fire Trucks built this walk-in rescue on a Freightliner M2 106 four-door cab and 4×4 chassis for the Big White (BC) Fire Department. (Photos 1-4 courtesy of Fort Garry Fire Trucks)</figcaption></figure>The Big White (British Columbia) Fire Department provides fire, rescue, and emergency medical services (EMS) to an 86-square-mile district that includes the village of Big White and the Big White Ski Resort, and it also provides road rescue on Highway 33 as far south as Carmi. The department has approximately 40 paid-on-call firefighters and is comprised of one captain, three lieutenants, and 28 firefighters, plus seven Work Experience (training/intern) firefighters, as well as a paid full-time chief and two deputy chiefs.Chief Josh Foster says that the year-round population of Big White is about 1,000, but swells to 20,000-25,000 during ski season. “The village is fully hydranted and has a number of high-rise condominium structures,” Foster observes, “and we do a lot of highway response on a major state highway. We wanted to replace a 2002 rescue truck with a rescue that has a main purpose to serve as a highway rescue rig.”Bryan Anderson, regional manager for Fire Power Emergency Apparatus, who sold the rescue to Big White, says the bid specs on the truck referred to it as an emergency transport vehicle that was mostly a rescue truck but with space in the walk-in rear body that could be used as a rehab, treatment, or if needed, transport space. “Their closest ambulance station is 45 minutes away from the fire department,” Anderson observes, “so that means they are likely an hour away from a transfer from Big White. They could have a patient with a major injury who might not see help for an hour, so the rehab/patient care area could help with such a case, and transport the patient only in extenuating circumstances.”Rob Pike, corporate services manager for Fort Garry Fire Trucks, which built the rig for Big White, says the rescue is built on a Freightliner M2 106 four-door cab and 4×4 chassis with seating for five firefighters, three of them in self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) seats, as well as seating for three additional firefighters in the rescue’s 5083 saltwater marine grade aluminum walk-in body. Pike adds that the rescue also has an ECO CAFS 30 compressed air foam system and an electric Hannay reel holding 100 feet of 1-inch booster line in the R3 compartment.Foster points out that the walk-in body of the rescue is used as a treatment space for patients and not necessarily for transport. “We want to be able to get people out of the cold and into a warm space, which is why we went with an ambulance body for the interior space,” he says. “The interior of the box includes a Ferno locking system on the floor of the rig and a Ferno ambulance cot.”He continues, “Because of the higher 4×4 chassis, we also worked with Fort Garry’s engineers to develop a slide-out ramp to handle the cot and allow it to be easily loaded and unloaded from the rear of the truck.” Foster says the rig has a 12,000-pound rated front axle, and a 22,000-pound rear axle with an Airliner air ride suspension system on the rear axle to allow the rear of the truck to be lowered for easier ingress and egress.Pike points out that the Big White rescue also has a Xantrex HF1800 inverter/battery charger, a Command Light light tower, a Warn 16,500-pound winch, a Firecom intercom system, and a Whelen LED emergency and scene lighting package.ALAN M. PETRILLO is a Tucson, Arizona-based journalist, the author of three novels and five nonfiction books, and a member of the Fire Apparatus &amp; Emergency Equipment Editorial Advisory Board. He served 22 years with the Verdoy (NY) Fire Department, including in the position of chief.</div></body>

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The Big White (British Columbia) Fire Department provides fire, rescue, and emergency medical services (EMS) to an 86-square-mile district that includes the village of Big White and the Big White Ski Resort, and it also provides road rescue on Highway 33 as far south as Carmi. The department has approximately 40 paid-on-call firefighters and is comprised of one captain, three lieutenants, and 28 firefighters, plus seven Work Experience (training/intern) firefighters, as well as a paid full-time chief and two deputy chiefs.

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