Following the arrival of the Type 3 fire truck, “Engine 321,” last spring, Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) Fire & Rescue has officially welcomed the remainder of procured fire engines to the NNSS.
An additional Type 3 engine, designed to combat wildland fires in rural settings with a 600-gallon capacity; two Type 1 engines, equipped for structural firefighting and emergency medical service response; and two Type 6 vehicles, featuring a pickup truck base with off-road capabilities and a 300-gallon capacity, have joined the lineup.
Allocated between Fire Stations 1 in Mercury and 2 in Area 6, the acquisitions position NNSS Fire & Rescue for enhanced prevention and response across the site’s landscape complexities, including unpaved and unmaintained roads, brush and vegetation fuels, topography and terrain challenges, and current and historical mission structures and sites.
“With the new additions to our fleet, we will be better equipped and prepared to respond to wildland fire incidents on the site as well as have new fully functional structural fire engines to maintain the protection for our people, the community, and the mission we support here at the NNSS,” said NNSS Fire & Rescue Chief Brian Dees.
With the standard service life of a fire engine approximately 25 years, the new vehicles will further secure mission readiness into the next generation of the workforce while mitigating the high costs associated with repairing an aging fleet, as the most recent additions to the fleet were in 2022, 2017 and 2006.
