The Chatham Fire Department operates with six trucks. Our trucks include two pumpers, two brush trucks, one pumper-tanker, and one 75-Ft platform ladder truck.

Our pumper-tanker is a brand new 2002 Pierce truck with a 2000-gallon tank. This truck is quite possibly one of the best tankers in the county. Not only does it have the ability to carry a large amount of water to the scene of a fire, but with its 1000 GPM pump, it can also operate as a pumper if one of our two mainline pumpers were to go out of service. It has the ability deploy a portable “drop tank” to empty its water load into. This allows the truck to go after another load of water. Most tankers carry drop tanks, however this one is stored on a hydraulic lift that makes it easier on the firefighters to deploy it on the fire scene.

The platform-ladder, known as Ladder 21, is the only one of its kind in Pittsylvania County. Although the City of Danville has several ladders and one platform ladder, Ladder 21 is the only one operated by a county fire department. This truck is very instrumental for fighting fires in some of the large buildings within our territory and without the truck it would be nearly impossible to save these structures. This truck has fought two major fires at Hargrave Military Academy, the Eastern Panel Corp. fire, the Powell Hotel fire, and numerous fires at Columbia Forest Products. Sartomer Chemical Company, Times Fiber, and Chatham Hall are other locations where the truck could possibly be needed. Ladder 21 will travel anywhere if called upon for mutual aid.

PICTURE	UNIT NUMBER	TRUCK TYPE
	211	1996 E-ONE Pumper Freightliner FL-80 1250 GPM Pump 1000 Gallon Tank
	212	1986 FMC Pumper Ford Cab-Over 1000 GPM Pump 750 Gallon Tank
PICTURE NOT AVAILABLE	214	1976 Brush Truck Dodge Power Wagon
	215	2000 Brush Truck Ford F-350 Super Duty
	216	2002 Pierce Tanker Freightliner FL-80 1000 GPM Pump 2000 Gallon Tank
	LADDER 21	1971 Aerialscope Mack Truck 75-Foot Platform Ladder

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