Midland TX Light Rescue Walk-Around Video

Midland TX Fire Department's David Stacy provides a thorough walk-around of this Light Rescues - one of three that was delivered to the department. This video provides a lot of insight into the planned uses for these utility vehicles. Sold by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc.

[@franklewis6943]

Interesting that Midland opted for old-school hydraulic rather than newer e-draulic tools. That power unit takes up a lot of space, which is something even more precious on a rig this size. That said, I appreciate Midland recognizing the reality of today's fire service, that fighting fires has become a decreasingly smaller share of what fire departments do now and sending a fully-staffed Class A pumper on the medicals and car wrecks which are the majority of most departments' responses these days is neither economically nor tactically prudent. It makes more sense to dispatch a smaller, less-expensive apparatus purpose-built to handle those calls, and hopefully more departments consider and apply a similar approach to Midland's (or, for that matter and off the top of my head, LACo and Wichita). But then, Alan Saulsbury has been preaching this concept for decades.

[@carvdecarv]

Beautiful truck! I can’t believe they mounted the front scene light on the roof in front of the light bar like that, but I’m sure it’s practical, just butt ugly lol.

[@franklewis6943]

Especially since most lightbars now offer full-width front takedown options, which makes a dedicated front scene light redundant. But, hey, whatever works for Midland FD.

[@andrewhb531]

SVI should have spoken up and told MFD we're not obstructing the warning light bar with this bulky scene light. It really speaks volumes about the builder. There are a lot of low profile scene lights available that can be mounted below that basic Whelen light bar. Otherwise, nice apparatus. 👍 SVI, let's see an alternative to that horrendous scene light remounted at no cost to MFD!

[@SVITrucks]

Hi Andrew, our trucks are custom-built, meaning it's the department that decides what lighting and equipment will best suit their needs. We build to spec and do provide recommendations throughout the process.

[@andrewhb531]

@@SVITrucks Oh, I know..... Great vehicle tho