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Trombley said that in the past border agents cleared fire trucks on emergency calls in less than 30 seconds, although they sometimes asked firefighters to provide identification when they returned to Canada. He said that he and Michael LeBlanc, chief of the Rouses Point fire department, plan to meet with federal officials to discuss the situation.
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Firefighters use fire trucks everyday. In Olathe, four pumper engines, three quints (pumpers with a large ladder on top) and one rescue truck, along with several staff vehicles and specialty units like “HazMat,” are used by firefighters each day.
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In cities of the United States, firefighters are generally deployed into fire companies specializing in certain tasks. Most common are engine companies and ladder, or "truck", companies. In addition, large cities frequently staff rescue companies. By definition, each company is led by an officer (a captain or lieutenant) who commands several firefighters. Staffing of fire companies varies by jurisdiction and frequently by company type. In large cities, fire company staffing may vary from as few as three to as many as six personnel.
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The tanker fire truck is ... about 30 feet long and carries 1,000 gallons of water. It is always kept filled with water. It is always kept filled with water. When there is a big fire, the tanker truck unloads its water in a small pool of water that the firefighters set up. The pumper truck can pump the water from this pool so the tanker truck can leave to get more water. Sometimes there are no fire hydrants around, like out in the country; so the tanker trucks will get the much needed water from ponds or even swimming pools.
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The most widely-accepted reason that fire engines are painted red dates back to the 1800s -- a time when there was a lot of competition between the fire brigades of neighboring cities and towns. The firefighters of each brigade took great pride in their pump. Each brigade wanted their rig stand out by being the cleanest, having the most brass, or being a regal color. Because red was the most expensive color, that's what color most crews chose to paint the pump.
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Quebec - A Canadian fire crew rendering assistance at a blaze in upstate New York was held up at the U.S. border for eight minutes, a report said. Two other trucks were delayed for two minutes, CNN reported Wednesday. A source told the network that a firefighter on the truck delayed the longest had a criminal record.
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