Engine |
Fire apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump, water tank, and hose body, the primary purpose of which is to combat structural and associated fires. |
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Quint |
A fire department emergency vehicle with a permanently mounted fire pump, a water tank, a hose storage area, an aerial device with a permanently mounted waterway, and a complement of ground ladders. |
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Truck |
A vehicle that is equipped with an aerial ladder, an elevating platform, an aerial ladder platform or a water tower and that is designed and equipped to support fire-fighting and rescue operations by providing for positioning of personnel, handling of materials, continuous egress, or discharging of water at positions elevated from the ground. |
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Ambulance |
A vehicle equipped for treating and transporting the injured or sick. Could be called a Mobile Intensive Care Unit or MICU, essentially bringing the emergency room to your door. |
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Battalion Vehicle |
A vehicle equipped for incident command. |
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Dive Rescue Unit |
A vehicle equipped for transporting public safety divers and members to a dive incident. |
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Heavy Rescue Unit
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A special vehicle, also known as a heavy rescue or squad, equipped with tools and equipment to perform one or more types of special rescue such as building collapse, confined space, trench rescue or high angle. |
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Fire Boat “Mustang” |
A watercraft utilized for firefighting and rescue on Lake Grapevine. The “Mustang” is a 26’ Sea Ark Marine “Little Giant” craft with twin 225 horsepower motors. It also has a 500 gallon per minute pump for fighting boat and marina type fires. |
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Brush Unit |
A Wildland Type 6 engine designed to go off road and fight grass or brush type fires. This unit may also used for parking garage incidents due to the lower profile. |
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