It measures about 45 feet long ... truck is a 1,250-gallon-per-minute pump that blasts water up to a rotating turret that’s fitted with a cannon to direct water to whatever plane is on fire ...

The end result? They get certified to drive 42-foot-long fire trucks. The training includes lectures, written tests, a virtual driving simulator, and, just as you might expect, an obstacle course.

A fire truck, on the other hand, can usually be identified by the long aerial ladders used to fight large fires or for certain types of medical emergencies. In early January, California Gov.