Rescue vehicle

Most rescue vehicles lack on-board water tanks and pumping gear, owing to their specialized role.

These configurations, determined by the operational agency and district, and worked out with the manufacturing company, provide a plethora of options for storage, response, equipment, size, and more.

Many heavy rescue vehicles carry equipment for responses to multiple-casualty incidents, chemical spills and other situations.

In the United States, National Fire Protection Association standards 1006 and 1670 give guidance for the operation of rescue vehicles and also state that all "rescuers" must have medical training equivalent to EMT-Basic standard to perform any technical rescue operation, including cutting into the vehicle itself.

[4][5] For example, railway rescue squads may carry specialized equipment for railway crashes, like heavy hydraulic jacks, heavy truck-mounted cranes for lifting and moving derailed locomotives and train cars, and equipment for capping leaking tank cars.