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In response to burning down the eastern half of Washington this year from
railroad related fires, BNSF built this fire fighting car in house here in
Spokane.
It comes equipped with three 3250 gallon water tanks, one 500 gallon AFFF
(Foam) tank, 2 Honda pumps, 1 Honda generator to power various lights for
night
fire fights and 2 movable water cannons on either side of the car located up in
the baskets.
We worked with the Department of Natural Resources to make sure
that we had all hose fittings, pumps ect. that would be compatible with their
equipment so that we can deliver the car and they could man it.
Unfortunately,
it is now towards the end fire season so we might have to wait until next
summer
to deploy it on its first mission.
-Kenny
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