Engines
Photo — Pumper 582, front three-quarter
2003 HME / Smeal
Pumper 582
The big water. When the nearest hydrant is a mile of farmland away, 582 brings its own.
1,500 GPM 1,000-GAL TANK CLASS A/B FOAM
Rush FD apparatus — the 58-series fleet
The fleet
Pumpers, a heavy rescue, boats, a brush truck, a tracked UTV, and one of the very few fire-department-run ambulances left in Monroe County — specced, maintained, and driven entirely by volunteers.
Photo — Ambulance 589 outside the bays, winter dusk
Our own volunteer ambulance
589
- Rig
- 2012 Ford / Marque · Type III
- Level of care
- Basic Life Support
- Crew
- Volunteer EMTs & drivers
- Status
- In service
Most departments handed EMS off to an outside agency years ago. Rush is one of the very few in Monroe County that never did. 589 is BLS-equipped and crewed by volunteer EMTs from this station — when you call for help in Rush, the people who show up are your neighbors.
Engines
Photo — Pumper 583
1992 Pierce / Dash
Pumper 583
The workhorse. Second out on structure assignments and still earning its keep since ’92.
1,250 GPM 1,000-GAL TANK PUMPER-TANKER
Engines
Photo — Pumper 584, front view
2014 Spartan-Metro / Star
Pumper 584
First due. Fast water and foam on the road — built to hit it hard in the first five minutes.
1,500 GPM 750-GAL TANK FOAM SYSTEM QUICK ATTACK
Rescue & Special Ops
Photo — Rescue 588, heavy rescue
2010 HME / EVI Special Ops
Rescue 588
The rolling toolbox — extrication, air, light, rope, and water-rescue support on one chassis.
EXTRICATION AIR & LIGHT SPECIAL OPS
Marine & Off-Road
Photo — Grass Fire Truck 587
2004 Ford F-350 Custom
Grass Fire Truck 587
Chases grass and brush fires off the pavement — and hauls the boats and the UTV to the water’s edge.
4×4 BRUSH RIG TOWS BOATS TOWS UTV
Marine & Off-Road
Photo — Boats 5817 & 5837 on the trailer
Water & ice rescue pair
Rescue Boats
For Honeoye Creek, farm ponds, and flood water — one hull for open water, one for the ice.
WATER RESCUE ICE RESCUE HAULED BY 587
Marine & Off-Road
Photo — UTV 5827 on winter tracks
2013 Kubota 4×4
UTV 5827
For the places trucks can’t go — trails, fields, and creek banks, in any season.
TRACKS — WINTER TIRES — SUMMER PATIENT TRANSPORT
Heritage
Photo — E-9, the 1947 Federal
1947 Federal / Buffalo
E-9 / E85
Restored and kept road-worthy by members. First in every parade, last to leave the carnival.
500 GPM ANTIQUE PARADE DUTY
Every unit checked, pumped, and polished by volunteer hands — Monday nights, 7:00 PM
Somebody has to drive them