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Engine 1701 is a 1995 Freightliner purchased from Precision Fire Apparatus in Camdenton, Mo. The engine is powered by a 300 hp Cummins Turbo Diesel engine. It is equipped with a 1500 gpm Darley-Champion pump and a 1000 water tank. The engine has the capacity to carry 4 firefighters, 3 with air packs. This truck carries an array of equipment that helps firefighters to provide the best service possible. Some of the tools include, 1000 feet of 4 inch hose, extrication tools, generator to provide on scene power and lighting. 1701 carries multiple SCBA bottles to provide firefighters with the vital air needed to breathe inside a fire. |
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| Engine/Tanker 1702 is a 2002 International truck purchased from Precision Fire Apparatus in Camdenton, Mo. This truck is equipped with a 1250 gpm pump and an 1800 gallon water tank. 1702 has the ability to dump from one of three dump shoots off the back and sides of the truck.1702 has the capability to carry a 2000 gallon capacity port-a-tank for use on long fires requiring large amounts of water. 1702 is also a first response truck for natural cover fires and carries some Indian packs and blowers along with hundreds of feet of hose. |
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Engine 1603 is a 2005 Pierce Custom Chassis Contender. This is the primary engine used by the district. This engine is equipped to do all of the duties that are required. The engine is equipped with a 1500 gpm pump and a 1000 gallon water tank, along with a 50 gallon foam cell. This engine carries many different tools some of which include emergency signs to warn inbound motorists on roadway scenes of the accident ahead and to slow traffic down keeping emergency workers safe. It carries fans for ventilation of homes and others structures. This engine carries a full assortment of extrication tools including a “combi” tool. This tool can be used as a cutter and/or a spreader. 1603 also serves as the primary rescue truck carrying all of the rope and water rescue equipment. |
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| 1604 and 1605 are a 2006 Kenworth Tankers built by Pierce. These trucks are pure and simple water haulers. These trucks carry 3000 gallons of water and have a 500 gpm pump. They have the capacity to carry up to 400 ft of supply line and a 3000 gallon port-a- tank. These trucks have compartments on the lower rear of the truck to carry the necessary tools and equipment that is needed to get water from its source to the truck and then to the scene. |
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1607 is a 1999 Chevy one ton truck that has been retrofitted with a utility box and a skid unit containing a 250 gallon water tank and a high pressure low volume pump. This truck also has been outfitted with many other tools to assist the fire department, such as a stokes basket and20backpack blowers. The stokes basket is a metal framed basket that has a wire mesh over the lower half of the basket. It is used to remove patients out of remote areas of woods or down embankments. Inside this stokes basket the fire departments carries a backboard to load patients onto in different situations. This truck also carries an array of tools used in helping to fight wildfires in Central Missouri. |
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| 1609 is a 2007 International 4 wheel drive truck built by Pierce called a "Wildland Urban Interface." This truck was specifically designed to help departments get to areas that are not accessible to normal engines but at the same time, when the same equipment is needed. In the Callaway County area, areas are being built up away from everyone and off of the beaten path. To gain access to some homes, small very narrow and very rough paths sometimes have to be accessed, as well as trucks having to cross low water crossing and even drive through creeks. This truck carries with it a 500 gpm pump along with a 500 gallon water tank and a 50 gallon foam cell. The foam is injected into the hose lines as the water comes out of the pump and it aides i t the attack on the fire. |
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1606 is a 1985 Chevy five quarter ton, 4 wheel drive, brush truck that was received on a grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation. The truck was retrofitted with a 250 gallon water tank and a small high pressure, low volume pump. This truck is used to gain access to areas that normal sized engines and tankers can not get to.
1610 is a 2002 Dodge Durango command vehicle. This vehicle is primarily used by the chief for everyday use in and around the area. It is also used on scene for a place to take command from. It provides protection for the chief and his staff during times of inclement weather and also gives the staff a little more protection so they may guide the firefighters in doing their jobs. This vehicle has the ability to carry 7 people to a scene and is equipped with a full emergency warning package and four wheel drive for those places that are not so smooth. |