Run the call
before the call.
Apparatus pieces printed with your real unit IDs. Stick them on the station whiteboard, throw a scenario and work the first ten minutes as a crew, without leaving quarters.
One way to run it, not the way. Your department's SOPs win; argue about it at the kitchen table.
Made by a firefighter-paramedic who drills on a whiteboard every shift.
Every piece has its own outline, so an engine reads as an engine and a truck as a truck from across the kitchen, before anyone reads the number. Printed in small batches in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Seven rigs.
Your numbers.
Basic colors so the type reads first: red for fire, white for EMS, blue for police, black for SWAT. The unit ID is raised on the roof in the contrast color.
Stick it. Throw a call.
Work it.
Good drills are reps of the first ten minutes: who goes where, who has water, who has command. A board and a set of pieces makes that a twenty-minute drill you can run after dinner.
Pick your units
Start with the Street Kit, or list your department's real apparatus: engines, trucks, chiefs, medic units, PD.
We print your IDs
Each piece is printed in two colors with its unit ID raised on the roof, then fitted with neodymium magnets glued flush with the base.
Drill on any steel board
One person reads the call. The crew places units and talks it through: arrival order, water supply, command, assignments. Reset and run it again.
The magnet, done right
- 8 × 3 mm N52 neodymium discs sit in a printed 8.4 × 3.4 mm pocket under each piece.
- Glued flush with CA gel, set face-down on steel so every magnet seats perfectly level.
- Same pole out on every piece, so pieces stacked in the box don't flip and snap together.
- Holds on a vertical board. Pieces weigh 2–5 g; one magnet holds them with plenty to spare, and trucks get two so they don't pivot.
Your department,
in plastic.
List your units and type your real IDs. The price updates as you go, and you can drop the whole kit on the board above to try it.
Units
IDs fit up to 4 characters on every piece and 5 on engines, trucks and the SWAT van. Letters, numbers and a dash.
Pick a size.
Launch prices. We're setting them with our first departments, so they may change.
Street Kit
The 13 units on this page, stock IDs.
- 3 engines, 2 ladder trucks
- 2 battalion chief buggies, 1 EMS captain buggy
- 2 ambulances, 2 police cars, 1 SWAT van
- 15 magnets fitted
Department Kit
Up to 20 units with your department's IDs.
- Any mix of the 7 vehicle types
- Your real unit numbers on every roof
- Magnets fitted, same pole out on every piece
- Spare magnets in the box
Battalion Kit
Up to 40 units with your IDs, plus a storage case.
- Enough for multi-alarm and mutual-aid drills
- Your IDs across every company in the battalion
- Storage case keeps each station's pieces together
- Spare magnets in the box
Questions
Will they stick to our whiteboard?
If it's a magnetic board, yes. Porcelain-on-steel and painted-steel boards (most station and command boards) hold them on a vertical surface. Melamine and aluminum-backed boards don't hold magnets at all. Quick test: if a fridge magnet sticks, these will.
What scale are they?
"Board scale." The big rigs are close to N scale (1:160). Smaller vehicles are a little oversized so their IDs stay readable from across the room. The point is a board you can read, not a model railroad.
Can you match our unit numbers?
That's the point. Type them into the kit builder. Up to 4 characters fit on every piece, 5 on engines, trucks and the SWAT van. Need a squad, brush rig, water tender or rescue? Put it in the notes; new types are on the bench.
Can we get different colors?
Launch colors are red/white for fire, white/red for EMS, blue/white for police and black/white for SWAT. If your engines are lime-yellow or your PD runs black-and-whites, say so in the notes.
Can our department pay by invoice or PO?
Put the PO number and billing contact in the notes and we'll invoice the department.
Are these toys?
No. They're training aids with strong neodymium magnets, which are dangerous if swallowed. Keep them away from children and pets.
Can I print them myself?
Yes. The Street Kit file pack has every piece as an STL and as a two-color 3MF, plus the print and magnet guide: one color-change height for every piece.
Is this affiliated with a department?
No. SIZE-UP is an independent maker. Pieces use no agency patches, Star of Life or manufacturer logos.