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JFRD Crash 56
May 22, 2020 | FLORIDA
CHRIS DILLEY, Senior Correspondent
Photo by Chris DilleyCrash 56 with a Customs P-3 aircraft taxiing in the background
Photo by Chris DilleyCrash 56 with a flight of two T-45's taking off
Photo by Chris Dilley
Photo by Chris Dilley
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Jacksonville Fire Rescue operates a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado HD as Crash 56. This apparatus serves as the airfield command vehicle for Cecil Field. It's equipped with an Ansul Twin Agent Unit with 100-gallons of premixed AFFF and 450-pounds of PKP. Crash 56 is configured with two separate radio systems. It has an 800 MHz radio for fire communications and a VHF radio for airfield and aircraft communications, along with a Motorola MDT.