Apparatus Photos

Other fire departments might have more impressive and more expensive apparatus at their stations, but nobody takes more pride in their vehicles than we do, and nobody gets more out of them.

Engine 1

Engine 1 is our flagship apparatus.  It's a 1998 Ford-Emergency One pumper with a 1,250-gpm pump and a 1,000 gallon tank.  It was purchased new late in 1997, with 75% of the cost paid by a federal grant and the remaining 25% financed by a Kentucky Fire Commission loan.  Engine 1 responds first in our territory on structure fires, vehicle fires, and carbon monoxide or fire alarms, and is second-due on car accidents.  It only responds to catastrophic fires on mutual aid.

 Engine 2

Engine 2 is our second-line engine, a 1986 GMC-FMC pumper with a 1,000-gpm pump and a 750 gallon tank.  It rolls behind Engine 1 on structure fires, car fires, and alarms.  It is first out on brush fires, Halloween prank fires (of which we have a few each year), and mutual aid calls.  It has fought fire in seven other jurisdictions, including multiple-hour calls to three major structure fires in the city of Paintsville in 1999 and 2000.

Tanker 311

Tanker 311 is "the big thirsty".  It is a 1981 Ford with a 2,300-gallon stainless steel tank, pre-plumbed to a 300-gpm portable pump and equipped with a 10" square dump valve.  It follows the engines on structure fires, including mutual aid.  We are preparing to replace the cab and chassis, which have seen many years of service and are ready to retire.

Squad 312

Squad 312 is a little bit fire truck, a little bit rescue truck, a little bit ambulance, and all W.R.  It is a 1987 Chevy-Allegheny mini-pumper with a 250-gpm pump and a 250 gallon tank.  It carries our EMS and rescue equipment, including our automated external defibrillator (AED), oxygen, cervical collars, backboards, splinting equipment, trauma bags, rescue blankets, chain sets, air bags, a spreader, a cutter, three rams, ropes, an air chisel, cribbing, a reciprocating saw, and plenty more.  It responds first on EMS assists and car accidents, in addition to being first-in when the snow piles high.

Retired apparatus

Old 310, the department's first truck.

The second 310, our first "real" fire truck, now in service as Engine 610 with the Flat Gap Volunteer Fire Department.

The original Tanker 311, which saw service as Tanker 1011 at the Thealka Fire Department before being dismantled.

The original Squad 312.

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