MILWAUKEE

The Milwaukee Update Column reports on apparatus and equipment of both the City of Milwaukee Fire Department, and the surroundings suburbs, primarily in the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Kenosha. The City of Milwaukee operates a fleet of approximately one hundred vehicles. There are thirty-seven engine companies, sixteen ladder companies, eight paramedic units, four BLS ambulances, six battalion chiefs, a deputy chief, and several special units including the haz-mat, heavy urban rescue team, dive rescue, a compressed air unit, a command van, a high volume unit carrying LDH, and a fireboat. There are on-going changes as new rigs arrive, older apparatus are reassigned or placed into reserve status, and apparatus are sent for refurbishing. The focus of the Milwaukee Update Column is to keep the reader informed on the apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department from specification writing to the contract award to the delivery of new rigs, and the reassignment of older rigs. News is also provided on apparatus deliveries in the surrounding suburbs of Milwaukee, and some of the adjoining

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The first issue of Fire Apparatus Journal was published in June of 1984. What started out as a small black and white publication has become the best source in the fire service for color apparatus photography, as well as the most informative source for news of the country's biggest departments, and the latest apparatus trends throughout the entire country. We invite you to browse through our site and learn about our unique publication.

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