General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

MAINLY ALUMINUM WITH SOME BRASS AND STEEL ALLOY; PLASTIC HANDLE; SYNTHETIC HOSES AND STARTER HANDLE AS WELL AS OTHER MISC. PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

62.0 cm

Width

62.0 cm

Height

47.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Extinguishers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Textron

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1980S TO PRESENT

Canada

DEVELOPED & MFG. BY A CANADIAN CO. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEV. & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. THE FEDERAL FORESTSERVICE, OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS & TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

Function

USED TO PUMP SURFACE WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS.

Technical

AFTER TESTING BY THE PNFI RESEARCH CENTRE, THIS PUMP FAILED TO MAKE IT ONTO THE LIST OF RECOMMENDED PUMPS OWING TO A POOR RESULT ON THE ENDURANCE TEST. THE PISTON WOULD FAIL AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF USE. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE USFD. [REF 3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE ON MOTOR: 'HOMELITE TEXTRON/ CHARLOTTE, N.C. U.S.A. 28217/ UT NO. 01292/ SER. NO. 10540679'/ AROUND SWITCH: 'RUN/ STOP'/ PRINTED ON SIDE COVER: 'HOMELITE/ FP/ 150/ HOMELITE'/ MOLDED IN FUEL PUMP: 'PETER & RUSSELL INC./ SPRINGFIELD, OHIO/ U.S.A./ PAT. NO. 2,678,249'

Missing

PISTON

Finish

PAINTED BRIGHT GLOSS RED WITH BLACK TRIM

Decoration

N/A