Wayside Fire Company

Ladder 36-2-90 is the frontline response truck of the Wayside Fire Company. This hybrid operational vehicle is capable of rescuing people from their 2nd floor windows, carrying the “Jaws of Life” to extricate injured people from car accidents to carrying water and fire attack lines to suppress almost any type of fire.

The ladder truck was purchased in 2008 from Pierce Mfg in Wisconsin. The truck has an aerial ladder that is 105 foot in length, carries 500 gallons of water and is capable of pumping 1750 gallons of water per minute.

RESCUE 36-2-86

Rescue 36-2-86 is the primary rescue vehicle of the Wayside Company carrying an arsenal of Hurst “Jaws of Life” equipment to extricate injured people from a car accident. The Wayside Fire Company covers approximately 21.5 total miles of the Garden State Parkway, the most in the State of New Jersey, and responds to a large amount of vehicle accidents requiring the use of the “Jaws of Life”.

Aside from vehicle rescue equipment the rescue truck is designed to be utilized as a support vehicle on fire/emergency scenes from it’s air cascade system to refill firefighter breathing bottles on site, carrying various firefighting/rescue hand tools to providing lights in the middle of the night at a dark emergency scene.

The rescue truck was purchased in 1992 from P&L Rescue One in Manasquan, New Jersey. The truck body was designed by P&L Rescue One and is mounted on an International Commercial chassis.

ENGINE 36-2-75

Engine 36-2-75 is the secondary response vehicle of the Wayside Fire Company. This vehicle carries and array of firefighting hand tools, thermal imaging camera and supply hose to support operations at almost every emergency scene the Wayside Fire Company responds to.

The engine was purchased in 1999 from Pierce Mfg in Wisconsin. The truck carries 750 gallons of water and is capable of pumping 1500 gallons of water per minute.

Brush Truck 36-2-94 is the dedicated brush fire unit of the Wayside Fire Company carrying 500 gallons of water and a small fire pump to suppress brush fires. As well as having a purpose for brush fires the truck is also utilized for rescue purposes utilizing the trucks 6×6 drive to access hard to reach areas behind the Monmouth Count Reclamation Center and other undeveloped land areas with no improved roads.

The brush truck was purchased from military surplus in the 1990’s and converted into a brush truck by the members of the Wayside Fire Company and the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service.