Engine 733, “Union Street Express” - 2009 Pierce Velocity 2000 gpm/1000 gal./30A
A twin to Engine 732 delivered in 2008, Engine 733 is equipped with a 9,000 watt light tower, Hurst rescue tools, three 1-3/4” & one 2-1/2” speedlay as well as a 1,500 gallon folding tank. When Hose Co. 2 originally spec’d the silver over maroon paint scheme on their 1985 American LaFrance, they were told that “they were nuts, fire trucks are supposed to be red, no one will ever accept a truck painted this color”. Twenty four years (and eight rigs) later, their apparatus are still painted in this striking color with Silver upper cabs becoming more commonplace among the multi-colored paint schemes found on many apparatus today.