There are Fire Trucks there are fire engines. A lot of people using them interchangeably. A fire truck which this is not this is a fire engine carries all the tools, the jaws of life, ladders, cribbing and tools firemen need to get into places, open up holes and saws. This is a fire engine also known as a pumper they carry the water they also have some tools to an extent but for the most part a pumper is an engine. The engine carries the water. This has all the hoses.