Fire engine (also called water foam fire truck, fire fighting equipment, fire appliance truck, foam fire tanker, water foam pumper, light rescue apparatus, fire fighting vehicle, foam discharging truck, foam tanker) is a vehicle designed primarily for fire fighting operations - to extinguish fire efficiently to prevent fire spread, reducing the loss caused by fire maximum.

Fire fighting truck can be divided into many types:

1. According to vehicle size, there are mini fire fighting truck, light fire fighting truck, medium fire fighting truck, heavy-duty fire fighting truck. 
2. According to chassis drive type, there are 4X2 fire fighting truck, 6X4 fire fighting truck, 8X4 fire fighting truck, and off-road type 4X4, 6X6 fire fighting truck.
3. According to chassis brand, there are ISUZU fire fighting truck, Dongfeng dfac fire fighting truck,  Foton fire fighting truck, FAW fight fighting truck, Shacman fire fighting truck, sinotruk fire fighting truck, Mercedes fire fighting truck, etc.
4. According to fire agent,  there are water tank fire fighting truck, dry powder fire fighting truck, water/foam fire fighting truck.