Each of TFD's ten Districts has a "hyper-rescue" station with a large number of special purpose trucks and additional highly qualified specialized personnel.
These do always include hazmat units, but this is actually a standard heavy rescue, designated R1. It is also identified by the white zigzag paint stripe, which is reserved for dedicated rescue vehicles. Everything else in the fleet is solid red.
The crewman is wearing the orange overalls which all rescue personnel have, including aerial squads, as distinct from engine company members and EMTs who wear blue.
Note the wheel chocks. This is a TFD SOP, as it is with many US fire departments. Better safe than sorry!
On the continuing safety theme, TFD apparatus drivers, like this one, always wear motorcycle crash helmets and reflective traffic vests on all occasions when turning out, as do ambulance crews.
These do always include hazmat units, but this is actually a standard heavy rescue, designated R1. It is also identified by the white zigzag paint stripe, which is reserved for dedicated rescue vehicles. Everything else in the fleet is solid red.
The crewman is wearing the orange overalls which all rescue personnel have, including aerial squads, as distinct from engine company members and EMTs who wear blue.
Note the wheel chocks. This is a TFD SOP, as it is with many US fire departments. Better safe than sorry!
On the continuing safety theme, TFD apparatus drivers, like this one, always wear motorcycle crash helmets and reflective traffic vests on all occasions when turning out, as do ambulance crews.
Added by Rob Johnson on 30 October 2018.