ironic you should post this because back in the 80's just after a "blow up" between a dispatcher and a chief over correct termonolgy use, this chief went to a fire and requested a "mutual aid tanker to the scene" the dispatcher asked "where the chief wanted the drop" then had to eat a little crow and request a tender. he tried to burn the dispatcher but the Comm Chief backed him up because "thats what he asked for"

some things you cant change-LOL

now thats a tanker, lol. we have a 2800 gal tandem

Even though the last post is already more than I year old I still find the topic interesting ^^

So at our station we have two Tankers, one with a 686 gal tank (the truck is a Mercedes-Benz form 1989 and will be replaced by a Rescue Engine next winter), the other Tanker is a brand new Rosenbauer AT3 with a 1320 gal tank, here's a pic of it:

http://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/104870/Florian_Regensbur...

We don't need anything bigger since we only run in the city, and even though the historic city center is close to 2000 years old and has a lot of the old structure, there's a very good water supply. There are at least two further Tankers in the city at the VFD, and the factory FD from the local BMW plant probably has one as well, same with the state's fire-fighting school in the city.

But I do know some FDs over here which run Tankers with 3500, 4028 or 6472 gallon Tankers:

http://www.retter.tv/cms_media/module_bi/65/32623_1_gross_003PI0_Aa...

http://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/21199/Amstetten_-_FF_-_G...

http://bos-fahrzeuge.info/einsatzfahrzeuge/82634/Bydgoszcz_-_PSP_-_...