Houston Fire Department Apparatus

[Ladder 68]

And yes all HFD trucks have prep-piped waterways; some standard 1000GPM rated models and some oversized 1500GPM rated models based upon when they were speced and purchased. Last aerials without pre-piped waterways, to my knowledge, where the 1983 Seagrave/3D 100' rigs.

 

As stated earlier the HFD box assignments are very different but everything is based on the structure type first, then the incident type. For instance a structure fire in a house gets 3/2/2 + EMS (+ Rescue Co. if reports of people trapped) while the same fire, reported in a MD or commercial, gets 4/2/2/1-Safety Officer (+Rescue Co. if reports of people trapped) + EMS and a Hi-Rise Box is 6/4/4/2 + EMS if I remember correctly. A House 1-11 is 1-Engine Co. and 1-District Chief while a 1-11 in a MD/commercial is 1/1/1 and somewhere in there a Rescue Co. is assigned (MD/Commercial) unless dispatched on the original box.

 

Confused yet? Like elsewhere, once you get acclimated it all makes sense.

 

Be safe.