The newest edition to the Weston Fire Department’s fleet, Engine One is a Class A Pumper with the ability to play the role of attack engine at fire scene. The primary function of Engine One is to provide a continuous water supply to the department’s other attack engines (E-3, E-4, and E-7) through a large five inch diameter hose. Designed and built by Pierce Fire Apparatus in Appleton, Wisconsin, Engine One has some key characteristics that enable it to deliver large amounts of water – continuously – from water sources up to a mile away from a fire scene. With a massive 2,250 gallon per minute pump and a large array of drafting hoses and strainers, this new engine can be staged at any one of dozens of natural and man made water sources (ponds, rivers, swimming pools) where it can single handedly deliver all the water that is needed to most any fire, large or small. Through a comprehensive mapping system created and maintained by the WVFD Water Supply Committee, and a series of dry hydrants which are quick connect ‘access points’, Engine One can effectively  blanket the town with an unlimited water supply.