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Serving the Communities of Long Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach and Orono with <br />Pride and Professionalism since 1915 <br />Long Lake Fire Department 340 North Willow Drive Long Lake, MN 55356 <br />Longlakefire.org <br /> <br />The Long Lake Fire Department would like to replace our older extrication tools on R-12 <br />(heavy rescue). We should have a surplus of funds at the end of the year due to the <br />CARES Act covering some of my salary among other items. The older extrication tools <br />currently don’t meet NFPA 1936-2020 standard for extrication tools. This standard has <br />been updated to ensure all extrication tool manufactures are on the same level playing <br />field when testing and meeting standards in recent years. <br /> <br />A few of the key areas where the current Hurst Centaur extrication tools are failing are: <br />1. Tool set purchased in 2003, 17 years old <br />2. Low pressure of 9,140 PSI; this is considerably lower than the current industry high <br />pressure standard of 10,400 PSI. <br />3. Single-walled hoses leading to potential of serious injury if the hoses under pressure are <br />cut or severed. All current hoses on the market are built with a minimum of double- <br />walled construction; if the outside layer gets cut or severed, the pump shuts down <br />automatically. <br />4. Current Hurst cutter is not able to cut Boron metals, which a large variety of cars use in <br />the roof structures, including A, B and C pillars. Most older cutters have issues with <br />cutting Titanium and Iridium metals, which are also used in vehicle structures. <br />5. Restricted to 75’ of hose connected to the hose reel on the truck. <br />6. Current pump on the truck only allows for 1 tool to work at a time to provide maximum <br />working pressure. You can run multiple tools, but the working pressure drops, and tools <br />become slow or ineffective. <br />7. Our current cutter is rated at A6/B7/C7/D6/E7 and the new Genesis cutter is rated at <br />A8/B9/C8/D9/E9. The higher the numbers the more pressure the tool can produce <br />which results in faster cutting times. <br />Our recommendation is to purchase the following replacement Genesis extrication tools, <br />which are the same extrication equipment on Engine 22: <br /> <br />GENESIS S53 SPREADER EFORCE 2.0 COMES WITH BATTERY, SPARE <br />BATTERY $11,550.00 <br />GENESIS C236 NXTGEN CUTTER EFORCE 2.0 WITH BATTERY, SPARE <br />BATTERY $11,750.00 <br />MILWAUKEE TOOL 48-59-0280 M28 VOLT 3 BAY CHARGER $275.00