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Fire Trivia: Difference Between Fire Trucks and Fire Engines

Dec 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM 2 Comments

Each week, the Fire Blog will offer a trivia question and answer to boost your fire IQ:

 

Q:  What's the difference between Fire Trucks and Fire Engines?

Think you know the answer?  Post a comment and look for the answer on Monday!

December 4, 2009

 

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rich matthews

December 5, 2009 at 6:39 PM

All portland fire and rescue trucks carry ladders and other equipment for fires, accidents. All the engines pump water from fire hydrants and supply the trucks to operate the nozzles from their ladders, and both the trucks and the engines are als.

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