Apparatus
The front-line firefighting equipment of OFD consists of eight fire engines, one truck, a rescue squad, three paramedic rescue ambulances and an SUV for the battalion chief.
OFD keeps a number of pieces of reserve equipment: one ambulance, two rescue trucks, three engines and one fire truck.
There are also a fleet of support vehicles made up of one heavy rescue wrecker and four utility trucks, one of which is equipped with a lighting system.
Every apparatus in the City of Orange has a Paramedic on board. No matter if the engine or the rescue ambulance arrives on scene first there will always be a paramedic there.
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