Sutphen
Sutphen is an emergency services manufacturer and marketer based in Amlin, Ohio.
History
Sutphen began in 1890 by C.H. Sutphen and now has 5 manufacturing plants in Amlin, Hilliard, Springfield and Monticello, New York.
Products
Sutphen produces all types of fire related vehicles on their own chassis including the usual engines, ladders, and rescues but also provides bodies for commercial chassis applications. The company strictly produces mid-mount aerials as either a tower ladder platform (with a bucket/basket) or in a ladder tower form (no bucket) plus industrial application aerials. Previously, Sutphen had produced tillers in the 1990s including a unique tiller-tower concept where the bucket of the tiller aerial also acted as the tillerman's cab. The concept never made it to production.[1] All Sutphen aerials are made of Aluminum alloys and fastened with aircraft-type Huck Bolts.[2] The hydraulics are custom designed and built by the company for their applications.[3]
Aerial platforms
Mid-mount aerial platforms utilizing Cummins, Caterpillar, and Detroit Diesel engines, Allison transmissions, Hale pumps and Waterous pumps.
- SP70
- SP90
- SP95
- SP100
- SP110
- SPH100
Aerial ladders
Pumpers
Sutphen has 2 heavy duty pumpers and 3 "Shield Series" pumpers.
- Rescue style
- Traditional
- S1 Aluminum
- S1 Stainless
- S2 Aluminum
Heavy rescue
A 6 to 10 man truck capable of carrying generators, air tanks, lighting, ladders, pike poles, crowbars, dive equipment, and other specialized firefighting tools for use as heavy rescue apparatus, a HazMat vehicle, an Urban Search and Rescue, or Mobile Command Center.
Petrochemical and industrial
- Petrochemical and Industrial 110 with 6 to 10 man cabs. Available with pump outputs from 1500 to 1,500 to 5,000 US gallons (5,700 to 19,000 L) per minute.
- Petrochemical and Industrial Pumper designed specifically for the rigors of industrial and petrochemical firefighting.
Extreme Duty Chassis
Sutphen's heavy duty chassis series are the Ambassador, Imperial, Monarch, and "S" Series.
Fire Departments
- Boston Fire Department purchased some of the first modern Sutphen tower ladders in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s Sutphen built engine bodies on Ford and GMC chassis for the department. In the early 1980s full Sutphen engines were bought including at least one with a shorter aerial device.[4]
- The Fire Department of New York purchased two Sutphen 100+ tower ladder quints in 1981. They were the tallest tower ladders in the city[6] until they were taken out of service. Aerialscope only sold 75 foot towers until they developed 95 foot versions in 1985. The patch of Ladder 119 in Brooklyn still has an image of their Sutphen.
- Orlando, Florida has purchased numerous Sutphen engines, ladders, and rescues in recent years and continues to purchase more.
- Plain City's Fire Department owns 3 Sutphen custom engines, a 1987, 1990, and 2008.
- Portsmouth, Ohio Fire Department ran an all Sutphen Fleet up until the 2008 year when the department bought a new Mid Mount Aerial Ladder and Pumper from Pierce.
- Syracuse, New York Fire Department has run an all Sutphen Fleet of Ladder trucks for 30+ years. The newest unit being at Truck 1 on the city's West Side. The current roster is 9. As of 2010 this will also include 2 First ever Engines with no aerial ladders also built by Sutphen.
- Liverpool, New York Volunteer Fire Department has recently taken delivery of twin SL 75 aerial ladders (Engines 2 and 3) as well as an SPH 100 aerial platform which serves as Truck 2. These apparatus are featured in the photo for the month of February, 2010 in the Sutphen calendar.
- Kenosha, Wisconsin Fire Department maintains an all Sutphen fleet of 7 Engines and 3 Ladder trucks. The newest piece of apparatus is Ladder 7, a 2007 110' Tower.[1]
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