Station Eight Fire Station is located on Lien Road on Madison's east side near East Towne Mall. It is a double-company house, staffed daily with eight firefighters and two firefighter paramedics who work 24-hour shifts. The station also houses equipment for the Department's Heavy Urban Rescue Team (HURT), which is trained for technical rescues involving confined spaces, trench collapse, building collapse, or high-angle rope rescue. The station's apparatus includes Ladder 8, Madison's first platform truck, Engine 8, the first zero-emissions electric fire truck in service in North America, Medic 8, an advanced life support ambulance, and Squad 8, a versatile rescue vehicle equipped with various tools and equipment.
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