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Fire truck
A kind of truck · also called fire engine, fire appliance, fire apparatus
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A fire truck is a heavy emergency vehicle built to transport firefighters, gear, and water to active fires.
Fire apparatus dimensions vary based on the specific tasks they perform. Smaller brush units built for wildland fires use standard pickup chassis, while large hook-and-ladder aerial trucks can reach over 50 feet (15 m) long. A large portion of an engine's loaded weight comes directly from hundreds of gallons of onboard water and heavy pump equipment.
From Wikipedia
A fire engine is a vehicle, usually a specially designed or modified truck, that functions as a firefighting apparatus. The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and water to an incident as well as carrying equipment for firefighting operations in a fire drill.
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Questions people ask
- How big is a fire truck?
- A typical fire truck measures about 32.8 feet (10 m) long, 10.5 feet (3.2 m) tall, and weighs roughly 35,274 pounds (16,000 kg). That length is roughly equal to two full-size passenger cars parked bumper to bumper.
- How much space does a fire truck take up?
- About 78.5 yd³ (60 m³), the volume of its body.
Weight
17.6 US tons (16 tonnes)
- Space it takes up
- 78.5 yd³ (60 m³)
- Length
- 32.8 ft (10 m)
- Height
- 10.5 ft (3.2 m)
Quick answer
A typical fire truck measures about 32.8 feet (10 m) long, 10.5 feet (3.2 m) tall, and weighs roughly 35,274 pounds (16,000 kg). That length is roughly equal to two full-size passenger cars parked bumper to bumper.
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