TKC MUST SEE!!! KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT EARNS KICK-ASS NEW ENGINES AMID POLICE CUTBACKS!!!



Politics plays a role in every part of Kansas City public life and a surprising bit of local 1st responder disparity deserves a bit of closer inspection.

Like it or not, Kansas City Fire Fighters and their union are simply much better at negotiating than the police collective bargaining interests.

To wit . . .

CHECK OUT OUT THIS KICK-ASS NEW KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PUMPER AND NEWS OF 28 MORE ENGINES ORDERED WHILST POLICE CUT OFFICERS!!!

Don't get it twisted . . . TKC supports, honors and tips my filthy baseball cap to all Kansas City 1st responders. Every time I write something along these lines it's inevitable that some overly sensitive fire fighter gets far too worked up and sends me an e-mail detailing how he'll laugh himself stupid watching me burn to death in an automobile fire. Fair enough. But the fact is that TKC and most Kansas City denizens want our police and fire fully funded . . . It's just that politics of it all seem slimy amid so much of this town's resources wasted on luxury real estate development that make tough financial choices seem worse.

But I digress . . .

This bit of new firefighter tech has been heretofore kept on the down-low amid firefighter contract negotiations and, obviously, recent Kansas City police cuts.

Police and fire leaders to always want to downplay any potential rivalry but new toys for the KCFD while cops are cut is a fair juxtaposition. 

Again, even amid the overall decline of American unions and the threat of "right to work" legislation, the fact is that Local 42 still is one of the most influential groups in Kansas City and until recently police weren't allowed to have anything at all to do with anything remotely political.

Police unions are playing ketchup but obviously they've got a long way to go.

In the meantime, there's no denying that new fire toys are cool. Take a look at this new fleet coming soon to Kansas City and seen FIRST ON TKC:



Check the description and spec sheet . . .

"You’re looking at 1 of 28 engines that was ordered to backfill an aging fleet for the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department. These trucks are all about functionality. The spacious cab was situationally designed for high visibility, putting a lot of work into the instrument panel, seating, and EMS compartmentation. The well laid out pump house incorporates low crosslays and actual mechanical advantage on valves. The rear of the truck includes an excellent working platform for the booster reel and low hosebed, all clearly labeled."

Chassis:
• Impel chassis
• 70” cab with 10” raised roof
• Front Axle: TAK-4® independent front suspension, 19,500 lb
• Rear Axle: Meritor RS24-160, 24,000 lb
• GVW Rating: 43,500 lb
• Frame Rails: 13.38”
• Engine: Cummins ISL9, 450 hp, 1250 torque
• Transmission: Allison EVS 3000
• Wheelbase: 191.5”
• Overall Height: 9’ – 7”
• Overall Length: 32’ – 6.5”
• 5-person cab seating capacity
• Side Roll and Frontal Impact Protection
• Bumper: 19” painted
• Lift and tow package
• Command Zone™ advanced electronics system
• Front access service tilt hood

Pumper Body:
• 152” Aluminum body
• Lap doors
• Adjustable shelves, 500 Ib capacity
• (2) Storage compartments for air bottles
• Tank: 500 gallons
• Pump: Waterous 1500 gpm, single stage
• 52” Pumphouse
• Plumbing: Stainless steel
• Valves: Akron 8000 Series
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Developing . . .

Comments

  1. Anyone who cares should grab a clip of this video before Sly makes a call to the manufacturer and has it taken down.

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  2. TKC, you need to mention that there are less fires nowadays but there seem to be even more murders. That's the real "juxtaposition" that you are missing.

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  3. Does this thing need RAILS too?

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  4. fire fighter know how to work for a living.

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  5. Thank God! KCFD now has brand new pretty trucks worth millions to drive down to the store, park in the fire lane and shop all while being paid by the tax payers. I love that E Tax and I know the responsible folks inside the city limits who get to vote on it do too.

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  6. Fires down 40% & murders setting new records every year. Funny Sly doesn't see where the cuts need to be made.

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  7. Tony's Johnson County, a blog for disgruntled suburbanites to post the same 6 comments to the other 8 trolls who read the blog over and over again. Have any of you heard about the toy train!?!?!?!?!?!?

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  8. How can anyone act surprised.

    Local 42 has a history with city hall in getting their wish list fulfilled.

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  9. Hey, will those slick new Jeeps be driven to the toy train thingy's two day party? Are they the surveillance edition--GPS, remote video/audio of interior?

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  10. 10:18 & 11:42, the first responder training, equipment and roster counts are THE INSURANCE POLICY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. Sure, we'd all have more beer and fun money if we dropped our coverages way down. First class cities are not wise to hillbilly with lives and properties. Get a tent and hit the backroads to the vast hinterlands if civilization ain't doing it for ya.

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  11. These new rigs were ordered way last year.

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  12. Did the city send any employees to Africa on an all expenses vacation to see where fire was invented? Kind of like the Public Works Department

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  13. At least the trucks have ems capabilities into them. Shows some forward thinking.

    The choo-choo can't take you to the hospital!

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  14. Seems totally related to the streetcar. Good catch, bro! You win a complimentary CLEVARCK pin.

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  15. Kcfd needs new rigs with 50 mm cannons on them so they can mow down all the fuckin idiots in kc Ps If you didn't know KC SUCKS

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  16. Not 1:31, but I'd be happy tack the CLEVARCK pin right in the center of your pinhead dome, 1:53.

    The boondoggledy backward thinking and absconded resources on the toy train are embarrassments, at least. Opportunity cost of this Two Point Two Mile TooT TooT Traffic Tie-UP is ludicrous. When BowTie Sly has to get on the grandstand and urge enrollment in the KCPS (which his kids didn't attend), there's much more than just a fly in the ointment of KC. First class city, indeed.

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  17. Because The Star will ONLY support taxes that are designated for specific purposes -- lest elected officials have flexibility in use of funds in ways that they are actually needed -- we got a special tax that is designated for buildings and hardware. We got palaces that would be the envy of Kubla Khan in new police buildings -- like the Police Academy with twelve foot high walnut doors leading in to a 500 seat auditorium!-- but no money that CAN be used for police officers salaries. At least we can use some good new firetrucks.

    Thanks, Yael.

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  18. I am that fat..so I am that sexy? Meow...!

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  19. Grocery getter

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  20. Why in the hell would you want fire protection in a place like Kansas Shitty? Burn Baby Burn!

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  21. i promise i would love every roll and dimple on that woman.i would marry her right now and love on her forever.

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  22. @2:51pm
    You mean Yael and the pitiful KC Star run KCMO?
    Here I thought it was Glorioso and the other election consultant goons.
    What a cow town!
    Hahahahahahahaha!!

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  23. Im very glad to finally see the police department get cut. Its about time.

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  24. Thank god they finally cut the police department.

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