What do you ride?

My department has 1 truck, 1 squad, 2 engines, and a brush unit (not including the boat and BLS). We're not assigned to one specific peice so i have the opportunity to get a taste of everything. Just wondering what everyone else does, whether it be one specific duty like being on the pipe, or being able to do a little of everything.

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Permalink Reply by Guillaume Morneau on January 7, 2008 at 1:58pm

Hi Jenn,

We have 1 pumper (crew cab 5 places), 1 pumper/tanker (3000 gal.), 1 pumper/ladder, 1 rescue walk-in, 1 services vehicule (extrication squad, command center & FF transport). We can drive any vehicule but usually you must be a operator, like pump operator to drive the unit on the scene. same thing for the ladder... I often drive the rescue truck and sometimes the ''687'' Command Center.

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Permalink Reply by Moose on January 7, 2008 at 2:35pm

In my volunteer dept we do iron man firefighting with no specific ride assingments. We run 4 engines, 95' Tower ladder, tanker, Rescue, brush truck, and two ambulances with a EMS Gator and a 6-wheeler for brush responses both on trailers.
We do an average of 700 EMS runs and 400 fire calls a year.
I usually try to get on the engine and try for the nozzle as I am an engine man at heart!!

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Permalink Reply by Eric on January 7, 2008 at 5:43pm

In my department everyone is crossed trained, we have 1 rescue unit ( 2000 chevy silverado 350 gallons of water) with 2 sets of jaws, 1 hazmat/rescure unit (1991 Ford Econoline van) for specialized rescues, 2 brush trucks ( 2 1999 chevy Silverado HD3500 Flatbeds with 400 gallons of water a piece), 2 engines ( 1978 Seagrave 500 gallons & 1991 Ford Boardman Pumper 900 gallons), 2 heavy brush/tanker trucks (1995 GMC 1100 gallon Tank & and 1981 Kaiser 1000 gallon tank), and 1 5,000 gallon tanker (1996 Volvo Tractor Trailer w/tank). Its pretty much first come first serve but everyone has there favorite truck I prefer 3 ( rescue, engine, and 5,000 gallon tanker) my department i'm a firefighter II / Quartermaster so I keep the trucks going and am a field officer.

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Permalink Reply by Travis on July 6, 2008 at 5:02am

My department has 1 pumper tanker/ 1 engine/ 2 tankers/ 1 mini pumper-rescue/ 1 rescue-brush truck/ 2 brush trucks. we are a rural department so it is first come first serve. But most of the time we don't have enough people to fill the trucks.

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Permalink Reply by randy on July 6, 2008 at 11:12am

Fr DETROIT been on the job over twenty years-i have done truck,engine and squad work-like truck the most i'm on the squad right now thinking about going back 2 the engine we r busy in detroit that all I can say,STAY SAFE EVERYONE ........................................................................................................................................

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Permalink Reply by brock griffin on July 11, 2008 at 9:20pm

the dept. im on consist of 3 engines 1 quint 2 ambulances and 1 forestry my favorite is to ride on the newest pumper we have but im alway riding the quint cuase thats the 2nd due on calls and im only an explorer

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Permalink Reply by James C on July 11, 2008 at 10:04pm

my dept has 1-105' ladder/pumper, 1 rescue pumper w/jaws and all other rescue equipment, 1 pumper with small jaws on it as a backup to the rescue(this also does all our structure responses to), 1 brush unit with an atv-brush unit and 1 reserve pumper. we have specific assignemnts as which unit goes on which call, but other that that it s first come first serve as far as where you ride or drive.

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Permalink Reply by whitney on July 11, 2008 at 10:08pm

hey hear in hanover twp fire dept from PA we have 1 new rescue 1 new water rescue 2 boats 5 engines a new ladder on the way 1 brush truck and when were at the station we have 2 pick what we wont 2 ride then u have 2 stick 2 that 1 and cant swith at all so i always love 2 be on the rescue

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Permalink Reply by Sam on July 12, 2008 at 7:41am

We have a engine, 2 rescues, a ladder, squad, brush truck and a ATV. But i am assigned to the engine and the 2nd rescue

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on July 12, 2008 at 8:09am

What do I ride? A Triumph 900 Sprint. Three cylinder sport/tourer.

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Permalink Reply by D.C. Sterbenz on July 12, 2008 at 9:23am

On my main gig in Topeka I ride ariel 5 unless I am shipped out due to staffing but on my part time job in the county at each of the three stations in our district we roll 2 engines 2 tankers 1 or 2 brush trucks 1 rescue and 1 squad. But my favorite is the ariel hands down.