The AutoFair also will feature various interactive displays, including the Fire Safety House hosted by the local Concord Fire Department.

The "Black Mack" went from fighting fires in North Riverside, Illinois, to smoking rubber after Precision Designs of Denver, Colorado, did a custom steel frame, heavily modifying the all-steel body and installed a V10 engine from a Dodge Viper. The engine, souped-up to produce 600 horsepower, is linked to a Dodge four-speed automatic taken from a Ram SRT-10 sport truck.

The Mack B rides on an airbagged suspension and a unique set of 24-inch polished aluminum American Force Wheels. The Dodge rear-axle assembly had to be narrowed by 14 inches to fit between the wide rear tires. Dodge truck disc brakes also were installed.

He said other disaster preparedness and response equipment and tools in the pipeline would bolster the city’s capabilities in fighting the common hazards.

The city has many high rise buildings and the challenge if fighting fires at heights could now be addressed by the ladder fire truck capable of reaching 20-storey building and this is first in the country, Peña said.

”With the ladder fire truck, Makati would be able to respond to high fires not only in the city, but also in other areas in the metropolis,” he explained.

"We have the self-contained breathing apparatus, the backpack with cylinders, we have in-service hoses, we have an out-of-service rig but we use it...it's better to have out-of-service rig than no rig at all because it teaches us what's it's like to be a real firefighter," said student Lindsey Latson.

It took the school a year and a half to get the money to buy the used but fully functional 1987-vintage pumper truck. It's fully outfitted, with a 1,500 gallons-per-minute pump, a 500-gallon tank, lights and siren.