The Texarkana Regional Airport is located about halfway between Little Rock, Ark., and Dallas. It's typical of many growing regional airports that provide commercial air transportation to areas located far from major airline hubs. The airport recently purchased an E-ONE Titan 4×4 ARFF unit with a Snozzle articulating boom nozzle. The Snozzle can be positioned above, below and to the sides of the ARFF unit and is especially useful for reaching fires in tail engines. Area lights on the front and sides of the unit aid operations at night.

In the high desert area of Southern California, the Inyokern Airport serves the cities of Ridgecrest, Inyokern and others near the border of Inyo and Kern Counties. A large military facility and several mining operations in the area also supply air traffic. The airport operates a Rosenbauer Panther 4×4 ARFF unit as its primary apparatus. The vehicle features a Rosenbauer pump and foam system and a Halotron clean agent system. The large windshield gives excellent forward visibility and allows visual control of the bumper monitor.

The Cherry Capital Airport in Michigan serves the resort community of Traverse City and the surrounding area. About 400,000 passengers pass through the airport annually, traveling in everything from small commuter aircraft to Boeing 757s. The airport recently placed an Oshkosh Striker 3000 6×6 ARFF into service to protect the busy facility. Foam can be discharged through both the roof and bumper monitors, and the Halotron system is connected through a handline. The Driver's Enhanced Vision System includes a forward-looking infrared camera, global positioning system and on-board computerized mapping.

The Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield, Mo., is a major business aviation center for the Midwest. Crash Rescue Equipment Service built a 4×4 twin-agent unit to provide aircraft fire protection at the airport. The unit features a Renegade twin-agent system that can discharge both foam and dry chemical through a handline or the remote-control front monitor. A forward-looking infrared camera on the monitor aids the operator in locating the seat of a fire. Twin-agent units are the first level of aircraft firefighting apparatus and are now required at many regional airports that handle small passenger aircraft.

Inyokern

Rosenbauer Panther 4×4 chassis
Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine
1,850gpm Rosenbauer pump
Halotron clean agent system
1,585-gallon water tank
200-gallon foam tank
10kw Onan generator

Texarkana

E-ONE Titan 4×4 chassis
Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine
1,500gpm Hale pump
Dry chemical system
1,500-gallon water tank
100-gallon foam tank
50-foot Snozzle articulating boom nozzle
7.8kw Siemens Kubota generator

Cherry Capital

Oshkosh Striker 3000 6×6 chassis
Caterpillar C18 engine
1,950gpm Waterous pump
Halotron clean agent system
3,000-gallon water tank
420-gallon foam tank
Driver's Enhanced Vision System
10kw Onan generator

Spirit of St. Louis

Ford F-550 4×4 chassis
PowerStroke 6.0L engine
Renegade TM-5150 twin-agent system
150-gallon pre-mixed water/foam tank
Dry chemical system
FLIR Ball infrared camera system
Remote-control front monitor
1½-inch handline with piercing nozzle