type 3 vs type 6 engines - federal

[agent yo'range]

federal wildfire engines seem to be mostly Type 6

Type 6 has 250 gallon water tank approx. on 2 door chassis

Type 3 have 500 gallon water tank on 4 door chassis

Type 4 are 750 gallon tank on 4 door chassis ish

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all federal wildfire engines are Type 6 - EXCEPT -

National Forests in California use Type 3 with 5 man crews instead of Type 6s

USFS overall might have 75% TY 6 and 25% TY 3

BLM seems to have a ratio of 2 TY 6 to every 1 TY 4 - approx

FWS has very few Type 3 - maybe 90% TY 6 - although we have not seen
any good statistics in 20 years - they have 454 refuges iirc - they
might have 500 engines - but maybe 80% are TY7 100 gallon slipon units

BIA has very few TY 3 - maybe 3 TY6 to every one TY3 or TY 4

NPS has maybe a 50/50 split of TY3 and TY 6

if anyone gets really ambitious, they could go thru wildweb and get a
very good breakdown on who has what