Boat 23
Used by the Shawnee Heights Fire District's Water Rescue Team to respond to waterway emergencies and recovery operations. Boat 23 is normally towed to water rescue calls by Truck 23.
Station 23 was built in 1981 as the district reorganized to provide better coverage to Topeka Township. The district had outgrown its former station, at SE 29th and California where McDonald’s now stands, and needed to relocate fire stations to the south and east.
Station 23 pre-dates the use of 911 for receiving emergency calls and was initially constructed not only to provide space for a full-time duty officer, but with a three bedroom apartment for a fire dispatcher and their family to also live in the station. Station 23 was originally constructed with garage space for 4 fire apparatus and was later rearranged to house 6 apparatus.
When the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center was established in 1994, dispatchers and their families left the district stations. The living quarters were rearranged in 2005 to create a training room for the fire district. In 2017, the district expanded the station to provide a larger facility for training and fire board meetings that includes a full kitchen. Additional apparatus bay space was also added.
5301 SE California Ave.
Topeka, KS 66609
785-379-0566
1981
• Training Room
• Bunkroom
• Full Kitchen
• Houses Six Fire Apparatus
Used by the Shawnee Heights Fire District's Water Rescue Team to respond to waterway emergencies and recovery operations. Boat 23 is normally towed to water rescue calls by Truck 23.
Brush 23 is a 2005 Ford F-350 4x4 with a fire body built by Weis Fire Equipment in Salina, Kansas. Brush 23 carries 300 gallons of water and is equipped with a gasoline powered fire pump.
Polaris Ranger all terrain vehicle that carries a water tank and pump used to fight brush fires in rough terrain where it is difficult to get other fire apparatus.
These Ford Expeditions, specially equipped with emergency medical equipment, provide rapid response to medical emergencies in place of larger, more costly fire apparatus.
Engine 23 is capable of pumping up to 2,000 gallons of water per minute, carries 700 gallons of water and features a class A firefighting foam system and a hydraulically driven electric generator to provide scene lighting.
Formerly serving as the front line pumper at Station 21, Engine 29 now serves as a reserve engine for the fire district.
This pumper/tanker is equipped with a 1,250 gallon per minute fire pump, carries 3,000 gallons of water, has a hydraulically driven electrical generator, and carries all required loose equipment to be meet class A pumper standards.
Truck 23 is equipped with a large PTO generator, two pneumatically operated light towers, an air cascade system to re-fill Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) at fire scenes and carries equipment for the water rescue team.