- Home
- Departments
- Fire
- About GFD
- Apparatus
Apparatus
-
Fire Suppression Apparatus
Fire Engines are the primary resource for fires such as bark mulch, batteries or their charging devices, HVAC, machinery, vehicles, and buildings and more. They respond to motor vehicle collisions to handle stabilization, extrication, and hazardous materials. Fire Engines respond to hazardous materials events. Fire Engines respond to medical events when ambulances are not available or along side ambulances to provide additional personnel and equipment for patient movement.
Link to page -
Ambulances
Ambulances are equipped with medical supplies, life-support equipment, and firefighter personal protective equipment and hand tools. Ambulances respond to requests for medical aid, motor vehicle collisions, hazardous materials exposures, and other incidents where someone is sick or injured. Ambulances are staffed with Firefighters that are crossed trained in EMS or EMS only personnel. Theses personnel are licensed at the EMT, Advanced EMT, or Paramedic levels. Crews treat a patient on scene and transport to a hospital's emergency department providing care ranging from bleeding control and splints to electrical cardioversion and surgical airways.
Link to page -
Command Staff Vehicles
Command Staff vehicles include command, training, and fire prevention/risk reduction apparatus. These vehicles are assigned to members of the department's command staff.
Link to page -
Utility Task Vehicles
Utility Task Vehicles (UTV) are specialty vehicles used for various missions such as wilderness search and rescue, wildland firefighting, large event access, and more.
Link to page -
Watercraft
Watercraft are boats that are used during swiftwater, flood, flatwater, and ice incidents. Watercraft are utilized for search and rescue, fire suppression, hazardous materials incidents, and more.
Link to page