Abstract: An apparatus particularly usable with an emergency vehicle for storage thereon and facilitating removal of remotely located emergency devices such as ladders, tanks or hoses and the like including a mounting bracket fixedly secured to the vehicle with at least two extension arms extending outwardly therefrom and pivotally secured with respect to the mounting bracket at locations vertically and laterally spaced from one another. An upper suspension bracket is pivotally secured to the extension arms at the opposite end from the mounting bracket and in order to facilitate movement of the extension arms from a storage position vertically extending upwardly above the mounting bracket to a retrieval position laterally extending outwardly from the mounting bracket to facilitate access to the emergency device such as a ladder. There is no rotation of the upper suspension bracket during movement from the storage position to the retrieval position and vice versa with respect to the mounting bracket.

Abstract: A high speed water dumping valve apparatus usable attached with respect to a water reservoir which includes a housing with a flow chamber and water inlet and outlet defined therein. A door with a gasket means is adapted to extend over the water inlet for selective sealing thereof. A door control member including a horizontally extending crankshaft and a crank yoke fixedly secured thereto is included. A drive bar is connected between the crank yoke and the door for controlling movement of the door between the opened and closed positions. The drive bar preferably is formed of two bar sections at an oblique angle with respect to one another such as to extend around the crankshaft to facilitate over-center locking of the door in place selectively. A handle is secured with respect to the crankshaft to be rotatable therewith to urge movement between opened and closed positions as desired.

Abstract: A mounting plate or bracket, of the type used by firefighters or members of rescue squads, is equipped with rollers at the free ends of springable clamp arms. The location and the extent of projection of the rollers, in respect to the form and location of the clamp arms, facilitates entry and removal of the air cylinder of a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). An air cylinder favored today is of the composite type, comprising a lightweight aluminum shell about which glass fiber filaments impregnated with epoxy resin are wrapped both longitudinally and helically. A cylinder of this type presents a disadvantage in that breakage of even a few filaments causes loosening of the entire wrap. This in turn requires that the cylinder by re-wrapped completely, at substantial expense.

Abstract: A floating intake or suction head for use in pumping water from a pool, pond, stream or tank through a fire hose or the like, essentially includes two separately formed members, namely a float and a strainer. The strainer is connectable to a length of fire hose, and may be used independently of the float. When used with the float, the strainer and float relatively, slidably interengage, permitting the strainer to be slidably moved into a recess of the float, along a straight line, to a final position in which apertured brackets of the float and strainer align. Normally retracted, spring biased connecting pins mounted on the float are then quickly releasable and under the spring loading thereof shift axially through the brackets of the strainer, thus connecting the strainer to the float.