Franzen-Hill Fuels Homeland Security

The hose on the mobile fueling unit contains two passages: one to dispense the liquid gasoline into the vehicle and the other to carry gasoline vapors from the vehicleís fuel tank to the mobile fuel storage tank.

The recent flooding in the Midwest and wildfires in California serve as constant reminders that circumstances can change at any time. Emergency and recovery vehicles must be ready for activity at any moment. Thanks to Franzen-Hill (Tulare, CA), emergency vehicles in Los Angeles now have that capability.

Franzen-Hill recently built two mobile fueling tanks for Homeland Security, specifically for emergency use by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The two systems are totally self-contained and have a power source to provide portable fueling stations for emergency vehicles during times of disaster. These special tanks allow the Department to fuel its fleet of vehicles at the site where they are stored when not in use.

The tank features either a 50-foot or 75-foot coaxial vapor hose on a retractable reel from Hannay Reels with a model 400 ORVR Vapor Recovery Nozzle by Healy, now part of Franklin Fueling Systems. The hose contains two passages, one to dispense the liquid gasoline into the vehicle and the other to carry gasoline vapors from the vehicle fuel tank to the mobile fuel storage tank. A Healy pump is also part of the unit, a certified Stage II vapor recovery system that meets requirements set forth by the California Air Resources Board's Rule 461. Vapor recovery systems must be able to recover or process displaced gasoline vapors at an efficiency of 95 percent or greater. The Franzen-Hill solution is efficient to 97.4 percent with a maximum flow rate of less than 10 gallons per minute.

“Gasoline vapors have been linked to cancer and respiratory ailments, so this is an encouraging example of private business and government working side by side to clean up the air we breathe every day,” says Franzen-Hill Vice President Bob Hill, who developed the system. The system for the Sheriff's Department is similar to ones installed nationwide by Franzen-Hill at Boston's Logan International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and the Port of Oakland.

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