Department Overview
Rutherford County Fire-Rescue is a growing, full-time department serving the unincorporated areas of Rutherford County and several surrounding service areas outside the county’s cities. The agency operates from multiple stations and has built its fleet around capable, professional-grade apparatus for the broad range of incidents it supports.
Community & Response
Rutherford County’s response environment spans rapidly developing areas, rural roadways, open land, long-driveway access, and interface conditions. This Model 1 was configured to give the department a compact but highly capable initial-attack unit—one that can operate effectively with limited staffing while providing water, foam, hose deployment, and equipment access where larger apparatus cannot easily go.
| Model 1 Wildland
- 2026 RAM 5500 60” CA CREW CAB 4X4 DIESEL CHASSIS
- BUCKSTOP STAGE 3 SINGLE-REAR-WHEEL CONVERSION
- HPI RIDGEHOUND MODEL 1 ALUMINUM BODY
- RED BODY WITH BLACKOUT ACCESSORIES AND ACCENTS
- 400-GALLON UPF WATER TANK WITH 10-GALLON FOAM CELL
- DARLEY 2BE 24K DIESEL PUMP PACKAGE
- TRIDENT CLASS A FOAM SYSTEM
- DUAL TOPSIDE ELECTRIC-REWIND BOOSTER REELS
- DUAL TOPSIDE CROSS-FRAME PRECONNECTS
- AKRON FRONT BUMPER MONITOR
- SPITZLIFT-ASSISTED TOPSIDE SPARE TIRE
- PREMIUM WARNING, PUMP, SCENE, AND WORK LIGHTING
- RIDGEHOUND DELIVERY #001
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