Fire Truck

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The Fire Truck as depicted in Grand Theft Auto III.

The Fire Truck is what it sounds like; a general purpose fire truck with a water cannon that has a few good uses. The Fire Truck has been in every Grand Theft Auto game.

Due to the GTA III Era game engine, where heavier vehicles were very powerful, the Fire Truck can reach high speeds. It's high acceleration value and traction loss makes it susceptible to oversteering and spinning. It is the only vehicle a player can do Firefighter missions in. It can be found infront of fire stations in all the cities. Since this is an emergency vehicle, it has sirens that make cars move out of the way. Spraying pedestrians with water even when they're not on fire can be hilarious. But, in Grand Theft Auto IV, pedestrians and police officers may take it as an assault and go after you. Drivers also go after the player and ram into them, if their cars are sprayed with the water cannon.

The fire trucks in the GTA III Era are numbered 1 to 6, and there is also an unnumbered one. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are two types of Fire Truck, the normal San Andreas Fire Department one, and a ladder version.

In GTA IV The MTL "V 24 Supercharged" Pumper serves as the FDLC's standard firefighting apparatus, equipped with a high powered deck mounted water cannon can be operated during operation for putting fires out in a flash. "Engine 69" can usually be seen responding to calls throughout the city.

In GTA IV there are no firefighter missions, unlike previous games. The Fire Truck can be found at a Fire Station, but it is rarely seen driving around, even when starting fires, unless you can call 911 to lure them into a false alarm and then steal it. Oddly, when the fire department is called to any real fire, they will not put it out. The fireman usually will say something like "another prank call".

Firefighter side-mission

Main article: Firefighter

The Firefighter side mission can be toggled on or off from within a Fire Truck in all GTA III Era games. The mission requires the player to find and extinguish burning vehicles within a time limit.

Locations

In every game, except GTA IV, starting a fire will see the fire department send out a fire truck to put out the fire. In Grand Theft Auto 2, completing the Wang Cars side quest unlocks a special version of the Fire Truck, with a flamethrower instead of a water cannon. The fire trucks also spawn at the following locations:

Liberty City

• Fire Station in Harwood, Portland Island, Liberty City
• Fire Station in Belleville Park, Staunton Island, Liberty City
• Fire Station in Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale, Liberty City

Vice City

• Fire Station in Downtown, Vice City
• Fire Station in Escobar International Airport, Vice City

San Andreas

• Building in Commerce near Glen Park, Los Santos
• Fire Station in Doherty, San Fierro (sometimes the ladder version of the fire truck spawns here)
• Fire Station between Redsands East and Redsands West, Las Venturas

IV

• Fire Station on Hardtack Ave, Acter Industrial Park, Alderney.
• Fire Station on Vitullo Ave, Berchem, Alderney.
• Fire Station on Xenotime Ave, Northwood, Algonquin.
• Fire Station on Privateer Rd, Fishmarket South, Algonquin.
• Fire Station on Bronco St, Northern Gardens, Bohan.
• Fire Station on Dillon St, Rotterdam Hill, Broker.
• Fire Station in Francis International Airport, Dukes.

Gallery

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA 1, each city uses a variation of this model

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA 1, each city uses a variation of this model

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA 2

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA 2

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Vice City.

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Vice City.

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA San Andreas, and a ladder-truck variant (left).

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA San Andreas, and a ladder-truck variant (left).

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Liberty City Stories.

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Liberty City Stories.

• The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Vice City Stories.

  The Fire Truck as depicted in GTA Vice City Stories.

• the MLT "V 24 Supercharged" Pumper from GTA IV.

  the MLT "V 24 Supercharged" Pumper from GTA IV.