Apparatus:
Tanker-2



Purpose:
Tanker-2 responds to building fires with lots of water. Its first purpose is to supply water to fire incidents by either directly feeding an Engine from its 2500 gallon onboard tank, or by shuttling from a source of water to the scene of a fire and quickly dumping into a 2500 gallon port-a-tank "swimming pool" to supply the Engine.

The tanker also carries ladders, hand lines, air packs and firefighter tools to augment the equipment carried by the first-due Engine at a fire scene.

Equipment:


2500 gallons of water
1500 gallon-per-minute pump
2500 gallon port-a-tank
Draft-pump equipment to fill water tank from ponds & streams
Onboard generator and scene lights
Fire Hose: 4" feed, 2.5" hand line, 1.5" hand line
Hand tools: axes, haligan, closet hook, pike pole, etc.
Chainsaw
SCBA: 3 air packs
Ladders: 14', 35'
Fire extinguishers: air-pressurized-water & dry-chemical
Seating for three firefighters

Mechanical:
1997 Freightliner
Stainless steel body
 

Funding:
Purchased: 1998
Price: $225,000
Funded by: Auburn taxpayers.
Projected service life: 20 years: Refurbish 2008; Replacement 2018.