F-225 was designed primarily as a brush truck. F-225
contains the equipment needed to fight a brush fire. It is smaller than the
other trucks, as well as a four-wheel drive and therefore can respond to more
remote locations.
It has a skid unit, which is a tank and a pump mounted together.
The unit is then set into the recessed area on the back of the truck. The pump
is capable of pumping 700 gallons of water per minute and the tank can hold up
to 200 gallons of water.
The truck is a Ford F-350 purchased from Brown's Ford in Johnstown, NY and the
compartments, accessories and skid unit were installed by Wilde Fire Equipment
of Mayfield, NY. F-225 arrived to the firehouse in January, 2001.