Topeka Fire Department
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Off the top of my head- should be correct for the most part.
City of Topeka Fire Department
Station 1- North of the Kansas Avenue Bridge
Engine 1
Station 2- 6th & Rice Rd in East Topeka
Engine 2
Brush 2
Station 3- 4th and Interstate 70 (Department HQ & Training Academy)
Truck 3
(Engine 3 was shut down during budget cuts a few years ago)
Station 4- Just east of Downtown (neat old 2 story station)
Engine 4
Station 5- Near 21st & Topeka at the Expocenter
Engine 5
Aerial 5
HAZCAT or CAT 5
Light and Air 5
(Home of the Hazmat classification team)
Station 6- on Seward in the Oakland neighborhood
Engine 6
(neat old one story-one company fire station)
Station 7- Westborough
Engine 7
Station 8- Shunga Park near 29th and Fairlawn
Engine 8
Aerial 8
HAZMAT 8
(Home of the NE Kansas Regional Hazardous Materials Team)
Station 9- SE 29th Street at the Kansas Turnpike
Engine 9
Truck 9
Station 10- 37th & Burlingame
Engine 10
Truck 10
Station 11- (Northwest) Lower Silver Lake Road
Engine 11
Truck 11
Rescue 11 (Technical Rescue Team)
Station 12- 21st & Indian Hills
Engine 12
Brush 12(?)
The running chiefs are "CAR 101, CAR 102 and CAR 103."
(A side note- Trucks are really heavy rescue rigs without an aerial ladder or pump/water. The Aerials are the big aerial platform trucks.)
The so-called "rural" departments are:
Shawnee Heights Fire District[/b] (was Topeka-Tecumseh Fire District)
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 2
Station 21- 21st & Shawnee Heights Road
Engine 21
Engine 22
Tanker 21
Tanker 22
Rescue 21
Brush 21
Boat 21
Squad 21
Station 23- 53rd & California
Engine 23
Engine 24
Tanker 23
Tanker 24
Rescue 23
Brush 23
Rossville Fire Department-
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 3
Mission Township Fire Department
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 4
Station 40- Just south of 29th & Indian Hills
Pumper 40
Pumper 41
Quint 40
Rescue 40
Squad 40
Brush 40
Boat 40
(County water rescue & dive team)
Auburn Township Fire Department
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 5
Station 51- in Auburn
(yes, they even have Engine 51 and Squad 51!)
Silver Lake Fire District
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 6
Station 61- Silver Lake
Station 62- Kiro
Soldier Township Fire Department
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 7
Station 71- west of NW 46th & Topeka
Engine 71
Engine 72
Tanker 71
Tanker 72
Rescue 71
Brush 71
Brush 72
Dover Fire District
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 8
City of Topeka Fire Department
Station 1- North of the Kansas Avenue Bridge
Engine 1
Station 2- 6th & Rice Rd in East Topeka
Engine 2
Brush 2
Station 3- 4th and Interstate 70 (Department HQ & Training Academy)
Truck 3
(Engine 3 was shut down during budget cuts a few years ago)
Station 4- Just east of Downtown (neat old 2 story station)
Engine 4
Station 5- Near 21st & Topeka at the Expocenter
Engine 5
Aerial 5
HAZCAT or CAT 5
Light and Air 5
(Home of the Hazmat classification team)
Station 6- on Seward in the Oakland neighborhood
Engine 6
(neat old one story-one company fire station)
Station 7- Westborough
Engine 7
Station 8- Shunga Park near 29th and Fairlawn
Engine 8
Aerial 8
HAZMAT 8
(Home of the NE Kansas Regional Hazardous Materials Team)
Station 9- SE 29th Street at the Kansas Turnpike
Engine 9
Truck 9
Station 10- 37th & Burlingame
Engine 10
Truck 10
Station 11- (Northwest) Lower Silver Lake Road
Engine 11
Truck 11
Rescue 11 (Technical Rescue Team)
Station 12- 21st & Indian Hills
Engine 12
Brush 12(?)
The running chiefs are "CAR 101, CAR 102 and CAR 103."
(A side note- Trucks are really heavy rescue rigs without an aerial ladder or pump/water. The Aerials are the big aerial platform trucks.)
The so-called "rural" departments are:
Shawnee Heights Fire District[/b] (was Topeka-Tecumseh Fire District)
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 2
Station 21- 21st & Shawnee Heights Road
Engine 21
Engine 22
Tanker 21
Tanker 22
Rescue 21
Brush 21
Boat 21
Squad 21
Station 23- 53rd & California
Engine 23
Engine 24
Tanker 23
Tanker 24
Rescue 23
Brush 23
Rossville Fire Department-
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 3
Mission Township Fire Department
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 4
Station 40- Just south of 29th & Indian Hills
Pumper 40
Pumper 41
Quint 40
Rescue 40
Squad 40
Brush 40
Boat 40
(County water rescue & dive team)
Auburn Township Fire Department
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 5
Station 51- in Auburn
(yes, they even have Engine 51 and Squad 51!)
Silver Lake Fire District
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 6
Station 61- Silver Lake
Station 62- Kiro
Soldier Township Fire Department
Combination full-part time department- numbers starting with 7
Station 71- west of NW 46th & Topeka
Engine 71
Engine 72
Tanker 71
Tanker 72
Rescue 71
Brush 71
Brush 72
Dover Fire District
Volunteer department- numbers starting with 8
Thank you for the information. A couple of follow up questions. What is a HAZCAT? Can you furnish additional information, or a picture of a Topeka Truck? Is this a full size rescue truck or a small pickup type with rescue tools? How many people are assigned to a truck? For that matter how many people are assigned to an Engine and Arerial. What type of unit is Rescue 11?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
What is a HAZCAT? This is the hazardous materials assessment team- part of the overall regional HAZMAT team. The last time I looked this was a suburban which runs as a 2 piece unit with the Light & Air truck on HAZMAT calls.
Can you furnish additional information, or a picture of a Topeka Truck? I tried to post a photo I have of Truck 10 cleaning up after an extrication earlier this week but the site kept kicking me out. The trucks are full sized "custom" cab fire trucks with large storage bodies and roll up doors. In most places they would consider them to be heavy rescue trucks. Let me know if you want me to email you the picture- or tell me what I am doing wrong on posting the file...
How many people are assigned to a truck? For that matter how many people are assigned to an Engine and Arerial. All the Topeka fire companies have 4 personnel assigned- with 3 as minimum manning (which they are at most of the time due to sick leave, vacations, training, and Kelly days).
What type of unit is Rescue 11? The old Rescue 11 was a Ford C-Cab engine that they had made into a flatbed, towing a trailer full of cribbing and collapse/cave in equipment. They are in the midst of switching to a 4 door truck-tractor pulling a custom built semi-trailer (federal grant money). I know the tractor had been delivered but haven't heard anything about the trailer. Truck 11 and Rescue 11 respond as a 2 piece unit to technical rescues (rope rescues, trench collapses, train wrecks, etc.)
Can you furnish additional information, or a picture of a Topeka Truck? I tried to post a photo I have of Truck 10 cleaning up after an extrication earlier this week but the site kept kicking me out. The trucks are full sized "custom" cab fire trucks with large storage bodies and roll up doors. In most places they would consider them to be heavy rescue trucks. Let me know if you want me to email you the picture- or tell me what I am doing wrong on posting the file...
How many people are assigned to a truck? For that matter how many people are assigned to an Engine and Arerial. All the Topeka fire companies have 4 personnel assigned- with 3 as minimum manning (which they are at most of the time due to sick leave, vacations, training, and Kelly days).
What type of unit is Rescue 11? The old Rescue 11 was a Ford C-Cab engine that they had made into a flatbed, towing a trailer full of cribbing and collapse/cave in equipment. They are in the midst of switching to a 4 door truck-tractor pulling a custom built semi-trailer (federal grant money). I know the tractor had been delivered but haven't heard anything about the trailer. Truck 11 and Rescue 11 respond as a 2 piece unit to technical rescues (rope rescues, trench collapses, train wrecks, etc.)
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