Mike Wilkerson operating the B-15 while Tim Allen puts out the van fire

City of Orlando Streets and Drainage operators Tim Allen and Mike Wilkerson were leaving their office on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, when they noticed smoke coming from the street.  Tim dropped his cup of coffee and jumped a fence to get to his Aquatech B-15 when he saw a civilians van on fire.  He drove the B-15 down the street toward the flames.  The Orlando Police Department had arrived on the scene, but the Fire Department had not yet arrived.  Mike operated the truck while Tim took the hose from the B-15 and began spraying water between the windshield and the hood, and also into the grill of the van.  In less than two minutes, the fire was out.  Shortly after, the Fire Department arrived and checked to make sure the fire was completely extinguished. The Orlando Police Department, the van owner, and the Orlando Fire Department thanked Tim and Mike for their assistance.

Tim Allen and Mike Wilkerson after putting out the van fire

Cate Equipment has a significant history in the state since 1938 and has offered equipment for the municipal, construction, mining and industrial industries. They have the ability to effectively cover the entire state with an excellent support team that has over 250 years of combined experience in equipment sales. Cate Equipment will offer service and parts for the Aquatech and O’Brien lines and they will also be offering the X-Vac and UltraVac products as well.

Hi-Vac would like to welcome Cate Equipment to our family and we look forward to a long relationship with them throughout the years to come.

When it comes to parts, a printable Parts and Accessories Catalog, Parts Bulletins and a recommended spare parts list are now only a click away.  If you have a piece of equipment that needs service, you can easily fill out a request for service or a repair and rebuild request form.

Stop by our new section of the Aquatech website (http://aquatechinc.com/parts-accessories.html) and let us know what you think by leaving a comment on this blog post!

This Blog is one of the new channels we’ll be using to provide information about Aquatech, upcoming product announcements and other news, such as trade show appearances. We’re hoping that you will stay tuned, and become involved, as you can comment and/or share the information you see here with your customers.

While you’re here, stay a while and check out our Hi-Vac Corporate Blog. Its mission is much the same as this Blog’s, but with a focus more on the corporate and industrial levels.