Vice City Fire Department
The Fire Department of Vice City (FDVC) is the fire brigade Vice City in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories tasked to respond to fire-related emergencies.
Fire stations
Unlike most other fire departments in the game, the FDVC does not have an even distribution of fire stations in the city, with three fire station located only in mainland Vice City:
- Downtown, by the side of the main street that ends up north in front of Ammu-Nation; and
- Escobar International Airport, on the north-east corner of the northern terminal, and the north-east corner of the southern tarmac; the former is non-functional and does not spawn any vehicles in either GTA Vice City or GTA Vice City Stories.
The fire stations are (obviously) the best place to find Fire Trucks; however, for GTA Vice City, only the Downtown fire station spawns the vehicle, while the Escobar International Airport station only spawns a Fire Truck in GTA Vice City Stories.
In GTA Vice City, the fire department is not unlocked until the mainland is unlocked during the mission Phnom Penh '86. In GTA Vice City Stories, the fire department is unlocked from the start of the game, as the game starts in the Mainland.
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The Downtown VCFD station, GTA Vice City.
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The EIA VCFD station at the northern terminal, GTA Vice City. The station is non-functional in both GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.
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The EIA VCFD station at the southern tarmac, GTA Vice City. The station is only functional in GTA Vice City Stories.
Equipment
As usual with its contemporaries, the FDVC primarily operates Fire Trucks; the player can receive money by performing "Firefighter" side mission in a Fire Truck. It is interesting to note that the GTA Vice City Stories fire truck is based on the Grand Theft Auto III/Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories rendition of the Fire Truck, rather than the GTA Vice City rendition.
In GTA Vice City Stories, the FDVC also features a Armadillo helicopter, which can be used to perform the "Fire Copter" side mission for a similar reward as "Firefighter".
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A FDVC firetruck, GTA Vice City.
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A VCFD fireman, GTA Vice City.
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A FDVC firetruck, GTA Vice City Stories.
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An Armadillo at the FDVC fire department, GTA Vice City Stories.
Trivia
- While the Fire Trucks and Downtown fire station features a unique FDVC logo, the airport fire stations reuse the Liberty City Fire Department's logo, with the "LC" (Liberty City) initials merely substituted by "VC" (Vice City).