This hose tender was part of the Urban Area Security Initiative, and was used jointly with 6 other northern New Jersey counties to be prepared to deal with major regional events. It was part of a regional effort to deal with major catastrophes or terrorist attacks in a six-county region, comprising Morris, Union, Essex, Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. It was one component of a task force that can pump out 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of water a minute or provide 3,500 gallons of foam in an instant.

Delivered by the federal Department of Homeland Security, the equipment arrived in May 2005, and Schooley's Mountain firefighters are proud to be an integral part of regional security efforts. It carries 2000 feet of 12" flexible pipeline.

This apparatus is now owned and ran by the iMTT Bayonne Terminal Fire Department