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April 26 2008 - Tower 52 DEDICATED to Chief Butts - You and
Judy will be missed
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CHIEF’S HARD WORK GAINS DEPARTMENT MUCH NEEDED AERIAL PLATFORM
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The Madison Fire Department has recently placed into service
an additional piece of apparatus - a 1984 Sutphen 100 foot
mid-mount Aerial Platform.
The unit, originally Troy
Michigan’s Ladder 1, made its way to a used apparatus dealer in
southern Michigan, caught the eye of Chief Fred Butts and is now
in the hands of Madison firefighters. Contact with Troy Fire
Department indicated the unit served them well until it was replaced
with a new Sutphen SP100 midmount platform in 2007. Chief Butts
was instrumental in finding, researching and purchasing the
unit along with the help of his staff, the Madison Town Board,
and the M&M Fire District Commissioners. It has been
designated as Tower 52.
The unit features a 1500 GPM Hale
pump, 300 gallon tank, 100 foot mid-mount aerial platform with dual
monitors, a full complement of ground ladders, forcible entry tools,
salvage and overhaul equipment and generator. The unit is Detroit
Diesel powered with an Allison automatic transmission and has
seating for five personnel. Fire department members have been busy
getting the unit outfitted with radios, siren, tools, equipment,
making minor repairs and alterations and redesigning the lettering
and stripping to make it their own. With a new unit costing upwards
of $850,000.00, the department was fortunate to obtain this one for
about 10 percent of that cost. It is a great tool for the department
to protect the lives and property of their citizens. The department
is planning a traditional dedication ceremony April 26th during
their Safety Day public education event.
Madison Fire
Department serves an area of approximately 21 square miles and a
population of approximately 8000 citizens in the Northern Piedmont
near the Virginia border. The response area includes an older
downtown area with numerous two and three story store fronts, many
of which have apartments or offices on upper levels, residential
areas with large setbacks, several industrial, retail and
educational facilities and an increasing number of multi-story
apartments. The department also responds to incidents along NC-704,
US-311 and US-220, a future interstate corridor.
We wish to
extend a special thanks to New Traditions Fire Inc. of Walnut Cove
for repairs and service, Buddy Hall of Roxboro for gold leaf
lettering, and Beeson Signs of Kernersville for lettering, striping
and signage.
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