https://x.com/NIFC_Fire/status/1923769286570487860
but they only handle wildfires mostly
they might order up some TY1 and TY2 engines once in a while for
structure protection - but that would not be a 'direct dispatch' since
the feds dont have any TY1 or TY2 engines (structural engines) -
except in the military and at some NPS sites
of course the difference between a TY1 or TY 2 and a wildfire engine
is very slim - all have water tanks from approx 300 gallon to 1000
gallons - with pumps from 50 gpm to 2000 gpm - but the truck chassis
all pretty much the same - 200 hp to 500 hp engines etc
its not like a TY1 engine is 5 times larger than a TY3 engine - they
are nearly the same size in many cases
just for laughs - consider this - what if EVERY fire engine in the USA
had a 500 gallon tank and a 500 gpm pump (pto) with AWD - what real
difference would it make? - airports - refinerys - deserts - mountains
- what difference would it make? how many extra lives would be lost if
EVERY fire truck in the USA was 500/500? 1 or 2? if anything - it just
might save an extra 100 lives per year - considering that a 500/500
can travel down a road quicker than a lumbering pumper / tanker with a
2000 gallon tank
just stating the facts
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