The HME RAT™ has been designed smart and built tough to provide the best in rapid attack truck performance and value.
From lightning fast response over city streets, to scurrying though tight alleyways or over twisting two-tracks, the HME RAT™ offers the perfect balance of power, agility, and firefighting functionality to fill a critical role in a wide range of initial response strategies and tactics.
With its tight-turning HME SFO® chassis, stainless steel body, and Hydra Technology™ fire suppression, the HME RAT™ offers performance and value you won’t catch anywhere else.
Click on the photo below to see video of the tests at Silver Lake State Park in Michigan
An HME SFO® chassis and compact overall length delivers an industry leading 52˚ turn radius to provide access to tight spots, alleys, and two-tracks that can stop other fire trucks short of the objective. A powerful engine and durable drive train are engineered specifically for high volume rapid attack operations.
HME Hydra Technology™ delivers a dependable and efficient 1,250-gpm rating, along with a 500-gallon water tank. Ample hosebed and storage compartments have been designed to provide capacity for practically any initial response demand or need.
The durable stainless steel body, with roll-up doors and slam doors in the rear, plus a four-door custom cab with positions for six, offers more capability, more value, and more performance for virtually any rapid attack application.
About HME
Founded in 1913, HME has had a long and proud history in providing custom truck solutions. Since the early seventies we have been a driving force shaping the fire industry. Our custom fire chassis have been found under the label of global truck manufacturers and smaller apparatus builders. Learn more at www.firetrucks.com or call (616) 534-1463.
