Department Overview
Mescalero Apache Fire Rescue serves the Mescalero Apache Tribe and communities on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in south-central New Mexico. This Ridgehound Model 1 is being built to support the department’s fire and rescue operations.
Community & Response
The department responds to structural and wildland fires, medical emergencies, and rescues across a varied landscape of high desert, forested mountain slopes, and remote roads. This Model 1 combines a 300-gallon water tank, pump and foam capability, four-wheel drive, and organized equipment storage to support initial attack, structure protection, and extended field operations.
| Model 1 Wildland
- 2027 FORD F-550 SUPER DUTY CREW CAB 4X4, 7.3L GAS, 60-INCH CA, DRW, 19,500 GVWR, RACE RED
- FACTORY SUSPENSION WITH DRW ALL-TERRAIN / OFF-ROAD TIRES, UP TO 35 INCHES; FACTORY WHEELS REFINISHED BLACK
- HPI RIDGEHOUND MODEL 1 ALUMINUM BODY, POWDER-COATED RED WITH BLACK ACCENTS
- 300-GALLON UPF POLY TANK WITH INTEGRATED 10-GALLON FOAM CELL
- DARLEY 1.5AGE 21H GAS PUMP WITH HONDA GX630 ENGINE
- TRIDENT FOAMATE 1.0 CLASS A FOAM SYSTEM
- FULL-WIDTH TRANSVERSE COMPARTMENT WITH DUAL-DIRECTION SLIDE-OUT STORAGE
- HEX-PUNCH TOPSIDE STORAGE, L3 ENCLOSURE, R3 SLIDE-OUT DRAWER, AND REAR ACCESS LADDER
- SINGLE RIGHT-REAR HANNAY HOSE REEL WITH 125 FEET OF 3/4-INCH BOOSTER HOSE
- DUAL 1.5-INCH REAR DECK DISCHARGES AND 2.5-INCH HARD SUCTION HOSE
- BUCKSTOP OUTBACK FRONT BUMPER WITH WARN 16.5TI WINCH AND SYNTHETIC CABLE
- WHELEN CENCOM CORE WECANX SYSTEM WITH CCTL7 CONTROL HEAD AND THREE CEM16 EXPANSION MODULES
- WHELEN LIBERTY II 54-INCH LIGHTBAR, FULL WARNING LIGHT PACKAGE, AND GTT 795H OPTICOM
- BAJA DESIGNS AMBER BUMPER LIGHTS AND 20-INCH SIDE SCENE LIGHTBARS
- WHELEN BODY SCENE LIGHTS, FRC TOPSIDE LIGHTING, AND GROUND LIGHTS
- FRC TANKVISION PRO WATER-LEVEL GAUGE WITH IN-CAB MINI REMOTE GAUGE
- KUSSMAUL CHIEF 4012 BATTERY CHARGER AND AUTO EJECT
- CUSTOM GRAPHICS AND REFLECTIVE BODY STRIPING