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Engine 30 - Truck 31 - Truck 33

Our department has been blessed enough to have the equipment or the ability to acquire the equipment needed to protect our community.  Currently our department is operating using 3 emergency vehicles:  Engine 30, Truck 31, and Truck 33

     Engine 30

Engine 30, the newest of our fleet, was purchased by the county, along with 6 others for the other 6 county volunteer services, in November 2004.  We received the unit in April 2005.  Engine 30 is a Freightliner with a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine.  It carries 1000 gallons of water, with the maximum capabilities of pumping 1250 gallons per minute.  Engine 30 responses to all structure fires, major motor vehicle collisions, and as a secondary engine when Truck 31 must be taken off road, away from water sources.  For more information and pictures, click here.

Truck 31      

Created from an old forestry unit, Truck 31 is now our oldest unit.  Truck 31 was purchased in 1995 with money given to Cotton VFD by the county.  It holds 2,000 gallons of water, with the maximum ability to pump 750 gallons per minute.  It is also equipped with the ability to dump its tank into a holding pool in the situation that it must act as a water shuttle on a fire scene.  Truck 31 responds to all structure fires, vehicle fires, major motor vehicle collisions, most brush and trash fires.  For more information and pictures, click here 

     Truck 33

Truck 33, a 1988 F-350, was purchased in 2000 to serve as a service/brush fire truck.  It carries 300 gallons of water, with a maximum pumping ability of 50 gallons per minute.  Truck 33 is also equipped with many service items such as ladders, air tanks, special saws, and miscellaneous hand tools.  Truck 33 is also equipped with medical equipment, included an oxygen tank, automatic external defibrillator, and other first aid items.  Truck 33 responds to all motor vehicle collisions, brush fires, and most medical calls.  For more information and pictures, click here.