Hale recall: Equipment
What is wrong
Hale Products Inc. (Hale) is recalling certain SmartFoam 6.5-12 foam pump systems with a 12 volt power supply. The foam pump system can overheat and fail, causing fire fighting foam chemical to be unavailable to fight a fire.
What could happen
If the fire fighting foam chemical injection is unavailable, it can impact the fire fighting and/or vapor mitigation efforts, which increases the risk of injury to bystanders and emergency personnel.
The fix
Hale will notify the fire truck manufacturers that purchased the equipment, and dealers for those companies will replace the SmartFoam 6.5 12 volt systems with SmartFoam 6.5 24 volt systems and a voltage converter, free of charge. The recall began September 11, 2019. Final remedy letter was sent November 11, 2019. Owners may contact Hale customer service at 1-800-533-3569. Hale's number for this recall is SB-175.
Vehicles covered
- Hale Smartfoam
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 19E055000
- Type
- Equipment
- Filed by
- Hale Products Inc
- Reported to NHTSA
- Aug 20, 2019
- Owners notified
- Nov 11, 2019
- Vehicles or items affected
- 43
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Oct 17, 2016 to Aug 15, 2019
- Part
- Equipment
- Maker's own recall number
- SB-175
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.