TRUSTED WORLDWIDE SINCE 1908 Fall/Winter 2019 | Volume 29, Number 2
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A Newsletter For Our Customers, Employees & Friends
IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message: Disruptive Technologies...Catching the Wave Page 2 Milwaukee Switches to Darley Pumps Page 2 Darley LDM/LDMX Single Stage Midship Pump Page 2 Disruptive Technologies - Changing the Face of the Fire Service: • Car Fire Blanket • FLAIM Extinguisher™ Training • RiVR Interactive 360˚ Training Page 3 What’s New in Darley’s Other Divisions - Equipment, Defense, ODIN® Foam, Fireboy®-Xintex®, Ohler Pumps and PolyBilt® Page 4 Just Ask Engineering: What is Happening with Class B Foam? Page 5 New Darley Foam Refill System Page 5 ITC Tank Farm Fire Extinguished with Darley ZSM Pumps Page 5 From the Office of Peter Darley: Thanks for Bringing Out Our Best Page 6 Darley Embraces Robotics and Automation Page 6 Employee Profile: Peter Capulli Page 6 Darley Pump School & CAFS Academy Page 7 A Look at a Next Generation Darley: Marilyn Janecek Page 7 Darley Industry News: Darley Donates Safe Water Boxes to Hurricane Dorian Victims, Gen. Norty Schwartz Visits Darley HQ, Darley Donates $25K to MABAS, Darley’s NZ Rep. Presented with Queen’s Service Medal Page 7 Vendor Spotlight: R&B Fabrications, Inc. Page 8 Team Battery-Powered Husqvarna K12FD9 Saw Bundle Page 8 Industry Calendar Page 8
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BBB RATING: A+
Darley Awarded Major Defense Contracts When most people think of Darley, they think of us as a pump manufacturer and equipment distributor for firefighters around the world. While Darley is proud to have served our world’s firefighters for over 111 years, we have also been honored to serve the United States and allied warfighters since the pre-World War II (WWII) days. During WWII, Darley provided the US military with hundreds of fire CAPABILITIES trucks and thousands of pumps. After the war, these trucks stayed C4ISR on-ground in countries around the world which helped to launch our OCIE & PPE thriving international business, as customers recognized the benefits SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT of such advanced, high-quality equipment. WEAPON ACCESSORIES & OPTICS What many of our long-time customers don’t realize is, today, the EXPEDITIONARY largest segment of Darley’s business comes from serving warfighters TRAINING SUPPORT and equipping them with a range of products outside of the firefighting FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES EQUIPMENT product markets. Based upon the numbers stemming from newly MILITARY FIRE APPARATUS SERVICE PROGRAM awarded contracts, Darley Defense orders in 2019 have nearly CLASS I & CLASS VIII doubled from the previous year – growth being fueled largely by defense equipment sales and services. Download Darley’s Defense The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) recently awarded Darley an capability brochure online at Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for firefighting www.darleydefense.com/capabilities and emergency services equipment worth $985 million over a 5-year period. Other significant multiyear contracts are in the pipeline with Darley as one of the likely awardees. Paul Darley cited Darley’s stellar past performance, competitive pricing and integrity as the primary reasons Darley was awarded this coveted contract, for the third time in 13 years. Paul stated, “Integrity is our number one core value, and it is never compromised at Darley. It is important to DLA, and their customers, to deal with reputable contractors like Darley. While supplying firefighting equipment is still at our core, providing tactical Darley factory in Chippewa Falls, WI in 1942 equipment will continue to grow our business.” supporting the WWII effort. TRUSTED WORLDWIDE SINCE 1908
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Darley Launches New Fire Advisory Board
In 2008, Darley launched our first ever Defense Advisory Board to assist us in growing our newlyformed Defense Division. Over the years, we have learned extensively from this amazing group of veterans including admirals, generals, command sergeant majors, captains, etc., from all branches of the military who have helped to guide us over the years. While we have served the world’s fire services over 100 years, we thought it prudent to form a Fire Advisory Fire Advisory Board in Chicago September 12-13, 2019. Board (FAB) to help ensure we are best serving the needs of our core firefighter customer base. In forming the FAB, we wanted diversity in the board members. Darley’s leadership put together a preference list that included innovative early adopters with a cross-section of traditional but progressive and seasoned fire service leaders. Remarkably, everyone who was approached agreed to serve! Our team consists of Chief Otto Drozd III (Former Orange County FD, FL), Caleb Holt (Former Texas A & M alum), Captain Kirk McKinzie (Cosumnes FD, CA), Chief Bobby Halton (Editor Fire Engineering magazine), Commissioner James Joyce (Retired Chicago FD), Chief Tim Sashko (Former Executive Director Illinois Fire Chiefs and Chief of Mundelein FD, IL), and Chief Brian Brown (Former South Metro FD, CO). Our first meeting was held in Chicago on September 12-13, 2019. The meeting included a fire service needs assessment, review of new fire and rescue technologies, along with the formalization of Darley’s next five-year strategic plan. All board members chose to have their stipend paid to a charity of their choosing. We are humbled by their willingness to help Darley and those we serve.