Bumper Line

This is the trash or bumper line.  It holds 150ft of 1 3/4" fire hose pre-connected to the pump.  The blue nozzle is called a Mad Dog and is used for foam application.

Engine

This is the engine compartment as seen from the driver's side.

Passenger Compartment

This is the inside of Engine 5 as seen from the back seat.  Below the steering wheel on the left, the yellow panel with the black knob is the transfercase shifter.  It shifts between road and pump gear.  The center console has buttons for the lights and sirens along with other functions.

Pump Panel

This is the pump panel.  This is where all the action is when the apparatus is in pump.  The row of levers and corresponding dials control and indicate water flow and pressure to each hose line and discharge.  The blue and red upside-down triangles on the right indicate the amount of foam and water remaining in the tanks.  Engine 5 has a capacity of 40 gallons of foam concentrate and 1,000 gallons of water. 

Generator and Fill Locations

If you lift up a panel on top of the apparatus you will find the hydraulic generator (on the left), the water fill location (white box in the middle), and the foam fill location (black box on the right).  The hydraulic generator uses hydraulic power to create 110 volts of alternating current to power electrical tools and lights while on scene.

Driver's Seat

This is the driver's seat.  The black button on the floor on the left is the siren button.  There is one located on both the driver's and passenger's side to run the mechanical siren mounted on the front bumper while keeping the driver and officer's hands free.  The silver switch on the floor on the right is the master battery switch. 

Back Seat

This is the back seat as seen from the driver's side.  The white board is one of our Personnel Accountability / Incident Management boards to keep everyone safe while conduction operations on a fire ground.  An orange Lite Box can be seen on it's charger on the floor.

Tarps

This compartment holds canvas tarps.  These tarps are used to control water flow to limit damage while we are fighting fire.

Driver's Electrical Compartment

This is the driver's side electrical compartment.  Besides a circuit breaker box, air tools, a tarp, and extra strait-bore nozzle tips are held here.   While using hand lines with foam, a strait-bore tip is preferred, but more difficult to control. 

Driver's Pump Panel

This is the driver's side pump panel.  The large inlet in the middle on the bottom is where a 5" hose is connected from a fire hydrant to supply water to the apparatus.  The two silver 2 1/2" outlets on the top are two of many ways water can come out of the pump into fire hoses.

Pump

This is a view inside the truck at the pump from the driver's side.  A lot of linkage, hoses, and pipes obscure the view of the actual pump.  The white cylinder in the foreground is an air filter used with foam application.

Tire Chock

This is a tire chock.  Once the apparatus is at it's desired location, someone (usually the driver) deploys these tire chocks under the tires as added security if the brakes might fail.

Engineer's Compartment

This is the engineer's compartment.  Many appliances to quickly hook to a hydrant and get water flowing through the pump to a nozzle can be found here.   Also, in this compartment is a Air-Pressurized Water (APW) and Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher.  The two sets of wrenches mounted on either side of this compartment are Spanner Wrenches to loosen hose couplings if they are too tight.

SCBA Compartment

These compartments store our Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).   They are on bracket that, as you can see, swing down to aid in donning.  These SCBAs hold 2,216 psi of air and will last the average firefighter 20-30 minutes without breathing any outside air. 

Spare Bottle Compartment

These compartments found all over the fire truck contain extra Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) bottles.  These bottles hose 2,216 psi of air (not just oxygen).  These specific bottles are composite bottles.  Older bottles were made of steel, then they made them out of aluminum.  Both of these materials were heavy.  These bottles have a thin layer of aluminum and are wrapped with fiberglass. 

PPV Fan Compartment

This compartment hold a Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) fan and spare gasoline for it.  In the past, during a structure fire, firefighters would use fans to PULL the smoke from a building (usually after the fire is out) to clear it of smoke.   Now, in many circumstances, we PUSH fresh air into a building while firefighting efforts are underway.  This helps firefighters see inside a smoke-filled structure and it might give a little more time to a trapped customer by introducing fresh air and removing hot, steamy, poisonous air.

Driver's Rear Compartment

This is another compartment with items to get the pump hooked to a hydrant and then to fire hoses.  It also has a Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fire Extinguisher to use on small fires.

Tarps

This is another compartment for tarps.

Passenger's Electrical Compartment

This is the electrical compartment on the passenger's side.  Along with electrical equipment for the truck, two flashlights can be found here charging.

Passenger's Engineer's Compartment

This compartment has many items like extra 2 1/2" nozzles on top, an electrical extension cord on the bottom left, and extra 1 1/2" fire hose on the bottom right.  Each roll of fire hose is a 50' long section.

Gear Compartment

This is where we keep the rookie firefighters... just kidding, this is fire gear stored on the fire truck.  As volunteers, many firefighter report to the scene in personal vehicles and must put on fire gear when they get there.  This is where they find it.  Boots and Turn-Out Pants are on the top shelf and Turn-Out Coats and Helmets on the bottom.  Each firefighter has a Designated Service Number (DSN) to identify them on the radio and on scene.  The gear shown here belongs to firefighters 116, 119, and 134.

Ladders

To maximize storage areas on the fire truck, the ladders are on a hydraulic arm that raises them out of the way and lowers for access to the ladders.

K-12 Compartment Top

This compartment hold a K-12 saw.  This saw has many uses, but the primary one is vertically ventilating a structure (or cutting holes in roofs).  This saw has an abrasive and a carbide tooth blade.  Notice the hearing protection to be worn while using this saw.

K-12 Compartment Bottom

Other things in this compartment include cellar nozzles (the red and silver pipes).  These nozzles act as sprinkler heads and can be placed in dangerous areas (like on weak floors with fire under them) and left unattended.

Tools Compartment

This compartment holds many tools firefighters use.  Two axes can be seen, one is a fire axe.  The silver tool in the back on the left is a Halligan tool and can be used for many things.  The reflection of a short pike-pole can be seen on the right.  Another tool is the Argus tool (black and silver axe-like tool in the middle).  It is used to puncture objects (like a car hood) and spray water while keeping the user safe and does not waste time trying prying something open.

Pike Poles Compartment

This compartment stores pike-poles.  There are three different lengths here.  A pike pole can be used for many things like pulling ceilings down.

Attic Ladder Compartment

This is an attic ladder.  It is folded up here for storage.  It remains folded while it is carried to it's needed location.  While it is folded, it can fit in places no ordinary ladder can.  Once it is un-folded, it can be used to crawl through a small attic opening.

Rear Compartment

This is another compartment with and extension cord and extra 1 1/2" hose.  The green box on the top left is a place to plug in an extra head-set to make backing this big fire truck up safer.

Hose Bed

This is the hose bed.  On the left is a reverse, 2 1/2" horse-shoe lay.  In the middle is a forward, 3" flat lay.  On the right is a 5" flat lay.  A forward lay is used to go from the hydrant (or water source) to the fire (or water destination).  Whereas a reverse lay is used to go from the fire to the hydrant.  The yellow 5" hose can go either direction.  (Any hose can go any direction, but the hose with threaded couplings are easier if they go in the direction intended.)