Vehicles

Fire Apparatus

The St. George Fire Department took delivery of six new Ferrara Inferno fire engines shortly after Christmas 2007. The trucks, which cost approximately $293,000 each, were purchased from the proceeds of the St. George Capital Improvement Program passed by the voters of the District in November 2006. The updating of our fleet will be completed with the delivery of a new 75" Ladder truck, late in the first quarter of 2008. It will be placed into service as our third ladder company.

This allowed the Department to retire five 1995 Ferrara Freightliner engines and place two 2004 Ferrara Inferno and one 2000 HME/Ferrara engines into its reserve fleet. All of St. George’s front line fire engines are model year 2004 or newer. In addition, the entire fleet is comprised of the same make of vehicle. The maintenance savings resulting from the standardization of spare parts and preventive maintenance schedules along with increased vehicle reliability this represents is significant.

The St. George Fire Department fleet of vehicles consists of:

                1 - 2000 HME/Ferrara 109" Ladder
                1 - 2000 HME/Ferrara 75" Ladder
                1 - 1996 International/Ferrara 75" Ladder *

                6 - 2007 Ferrara Inferno 1500 GPM Pumper Engines
                4 - 2004 Ferrara Inferno 1500 GPM Pumper Engines*
                1 - 2000 HME/Ferrara 1500 GPM Pumper Engine*

                2 - 1991 GMC/Ferrara 1800 Gallon Tanker Trucks

3 - 1994 Ford F-350 Special Unit Support Vehicles

                3 - 2007 Ford Expedition Command Vehicles**
                1 - 2003 Dodge Pickup Truck ***
                4 - 2001 Dodge Pickup Trucks ***
                2 - 2003 Chevrolet S-10 Pickup Trucks ****

    *     The 1996 75" Ladder, two of the 2004 Inferno Engines, and the 2000 HME are reserve units. They are not normally staffed.
    **    The Expeditions are emergency response command vehicles for the use of the Assistant Chief and two District Chiefs on duty.
    *** The Dodge pickups are for the use of the three Training Officers and the Maintenance Officer on duty, with the other truck used
            for trailer towing as, needed. NONE of our administrators drives a department-owned vehicle.
    **** The S-10 pickups are for the use of our fire inspectors.

St. George Fire Protection District