FIGHTING FIRE WITH FOAM NEW ENGINE ONE OF FOUR IN COUNTY.Byline: JUDY Judy is most commonly a female given name, as well as a shorten form of Judith. It may also refer to:
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Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- When flames are shooting from a house afire there's no need to ask who's who's 1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. got the "special suds" -- firefighters know: the truck with the black cab. The engine's retardant re·tar·dant adj. Acting or tending to retard. Often used in combination: flame-retardant pajamas for children; a fire-retardant security chest. foam penetrates flames, sticks to structures and helps quash fires faster, fire officials say. And Santa Clarita's got one of just four deployed countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. . "It's one of the best innovations in the fire service in the past 20 years," said Capt. Gabe Etchverry of Fire Station 126 across from the Valencia Town Center. All engines carry foam, but air compressors in the special units plump the suds and create a voluminous spray, which requires less water and adheres better. The city's new unit went into service last week and answered its first call Wednesday, the 15-acre Castaic brush fire. "The winds were fairly significant but we didn't have to use the foam," Etcheverry said. The truck hauls extra foam canisters and the standard 500 gallons of water. The county bought almost 100 new fire engines in the past year, but just four with the special apparatus, which are based in Santa Clarita, Palmdale, La Canada Flintridge and the City of Industry. Fire Inspector Jason Hurd said the units are placed strategically to provide optimal coverage. The color scheme of two-tone trucks -- the first of their kind in the county -- was not handpicked; they came that way from the manufacturer, KME KME Knowledge Management Environment KME Kentucky Mining Engineering KME Kia Motors Europe KME Key Mouse Electronic Fire Apparatus. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Fire Engine 126 and a few other county fire engines are now sporting a new black-and-red color scheme. The special paint job indicates that the truck carries a special foam for putting out certain types of fires. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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