Private contract fire equipment

[Aaronw]

Toneslider, thanks for the photo of the Ford in its previous life. I thought it was a good looking engine.

 

 

Are the contract companies able to respond with lights & siren or due they have to go with traffic.

 

That depends a lot of the contractor and situation. The bulk of contract equipment is used on large fires that have escaped initial attack, so equipped with emergency lights or not, they will be responding with traffic. Most agencies also respond with traffic when dispatched to a large fire a couple hours (or days) away. Many of these contractors have multi state contracts, and centrally located tax friendly states like Idaho, Nevada and Montana are popular home bases for them, moving the equipment around as needed during the season.

 

There are contractors who have initial attack contracts, and they will respond on the initial dispatch with the local agencies, so lights and siren would be appropriate.