Interesting Information

Why are your trucks numbered the way they are?

Our apparatus follow a four-digit number scheme used across the St. Louis Metropolitan area, excluding the St. Louis Fire Department. The scheme enables us to recognize what district and house the apparatus is from and what type of equipment it is. Let’s look at the rescue pumper 9814 as an example.

The 98 is Wentzville Fire District’s number. All the apparatus and staff vehicles that belong to the Wentzville Fire District will have the number 98 at the beginning. The third digit identifies what house the equipment is stationed at. In this case, the truck is coming from our engine house one. The last number tells us what type of equipment the truck is. The number 4 tells us the truck is a rescue pumper. Other equipment designations include:

0: Pumper

1: Pumper

2: Ladder

3: Tanker

4: Rescue Pumper

5: Combination (Ladder, Rescue, Pumper)

6: Rescue Squad

7: Ambulance

8: Brush Truck

9: Other (Boats, Command Posts, etc.)