Actually, most towns in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho currently use tornado siren pagers for confirmed fires, but can only be activated by a dispatcher or the chief on hand. More rural stations, like Pine Bluffs, WY has a full time ambulance crew, but are also trained firefighters, so those assets come in handy. Here is the LCFD #5 website: http://lcfd5.webs.com/ Explore around this site, because it has all apparatus and the priorities of each, which could help clear a lot of the confusion I've seen on the last four or so pages.