Grass 65 is a 1999 Ford F-350 4×4 pickup truck equipped with the 7.3L Powerstroke diesel engine, and was purchased new by the Department. Grass 65 is utilized for combating field fires, grass fires, brush fires, and fires that are otherwise not accessible by our other, larger fire trucks. In the bed is a slide in skid unit, which is what makes this otherwise normal pick up truck into a fire suppression unit.
Grass 65 has a tank of approx. 300 gallons of water, a pump, and hose reel used to put the fire out. Grass 65 also has small nozzles mounted on the front of the truck called sweeps, that can be used to spray the ground in front of the truck as a safety measure driving through fields that have hot spots, and can be used to put out small fires while moving. Grass 65 also has several small hand tools used to aid in extinguishment of field and brush fires.
Grass 65 has a few years of service left with our Department, with a replacement plan in place to occur within the next 10 years.