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Engineer here.

> Fire trucks" - I'm assuming you mean Engines

No-no-no, an engine is a part that makes a fire truck move. Fire trucks usually have a diesel engine.

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Software engineer, or IFSAC Apparatus Operator engineer? On the west coast we absolutely refer to our pumping apparatuses as fire engines; when Engine 813 is dispatched from our station to a call we bring the whole vehicle and not just the engine block!


Same in my department.

(The generic term for some type of fire-fighting vehicle is Apparatus.)


> Software engineer, or IFSAC Apparatus Operator engineer?

Yes, correct, engineer.




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