Exactly how big is your department ?

Mine has three bay's in those bay's we 1 brush truck, 1 salvage truck, and 2 fire engine and the ambulance set's out side for now . It's not very big in comparison to other dept. But we are getting a new station built down the road it's going to be nice.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Cullen on June 8, 2009 at 8:58am

My Dept has 2 stations one has 2 bays which is Fire HQ and houses 2 Engines and a truck and the other is a single bay and houses an Enigne and a Utility truck

Permalink Reply by Shane Palmer on June 10, 2009 at 12:58pm

We have 1 bay and run 5 trucks 1985 American LaFrance as Our Engine/Rescue 1997 Frieghtliner FL-40 as Our primary engine, 1991 GMC Ambulance As Our Air/Rescue, 1988 Chevy Suburban as our squad, And A 1974 Ford F-600 as our brush truck...We still have the same building and organization a guess you can say since 1903. We trying to get a new Hall

Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on June 22, 2009 at 3:14pm

My full time Department operates one station and houses the following:
Rescue Engine
Engine
Ladder
Chief
Asst. Chief
2 ALS Squads(ambulances)
1 reserve Squad(ambulance)

My part time Department operates 1 station and 1 mini station and houses the following:
1 Rescue Engine
1 Attack Engine
1 Ladder
3 ALS Squads(ambulances)
Chief
Asst. Chief

Permalink Reply by eric mazurczyk on July 1, 2009 at 8:14pm

we have 8 bays one pumper one ladder truck one rescue truck one mini pumper two ambulance one tanker and two atv

Permalink Reply by Jack on July 1, 2009 at 8:25pm

We are a small dept. with only 30 active members. But we have a very big area to cover. 53 square miles including 20 miles of the New York State Thruway. Our house has 4 bays and includes 2 engines, 1 heavy rescue, 1 tanker, 2 light rescues and 1 van.

Permalink Reply by Kenny Mercer on July 2, 2009 at 10:57pm

WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE ON OUR ROSTER & ABOUT 8 TO SHOW UP @ CALLS & DRILLS OUR POPULATION IS 2,772 SMALL FARM TOWN

Permalink Reply by Justin Scott on July 13, 2009 at 2:47pm

We have 30+ on our roster. depends on the call how many show up. but we have 10 that i would call active. we operate out of 1 station and cover 20 sq miles. we currently have 1 single cab engine, 1 3000gal tanker, 1 rescue and a gator. were in the process of getting a new engine to replace one that we recently sold.

Permalink Reply by Jack on July 13, 2009 at 4:10pm

We are located in Upstate between Syracuse and Utica. We cover 53 square miles including a ten mile stretch of the Thruway. We have about 25-30 active guys and make on average 400 calls a year. Our house has 2 Engines, 1 Heavy Rescue, 2 Lite Rescues, 1 Tanker and 1 utility van.

Permalink Reply by Ellen Booth on July 22, 2009 at 11:26am

I am a FF/EMT on Medora Volunteer Fire Department in Medora, IL. We house 2 pumpers, 3 tankers ( our oldest is a 59' Chevy Viking), 1 rescue, and 1 ambulance. There are approximately 20 members on our roster but only 7-8 of us respond to our calls.

Permalink Reply by Chris Sodd on July 25, 2009 at 12:53pm

Nesbit Ms. home of Jerry Lee Lewis (the Killer), Bridgetown Fire Dept. We have a Pierce Enforcer tanker, Pierce Saber pumper, Ford F-350 Brush truck and a Chevy Silverado Med squad. We have 23 firefighters all state certified and 3 rookies.

Permalink Reply by Brian Barnes on July 31, 2009 at 3:31am