What is the difference between vehicles?

[Krechet]

1) What the difference between two first fire vehicles (fire truck and technical truck)? It have same stats but different cost.
2) And why first two med vehicles have same cost but different stats? Is "ambulance" have any hidden advantages?

[Wirbus]

Vehicles can modify statistics (speed troubleshooting) like objects. But they work only in specific cases.

[Team Triss]

Well technical truck can't fight fires, but can do the fire dept tasks marked "Technical", such as trees and cars blocking roads, etc. A normal firefighting truck can do this, but it's better to send a technical truck (if you have one) because it doesn't tie your firefighting capability up.

[JutsuDevs]

Thanks for answer Triss ;) Different vehicles posses different speed statistics, places and even abilities. 1. Fire truck and tech truck posses different stats for taking care of incidents. 2. Medical vehicles differ in places and crew which are often difference between life and death.

[Robrecht]

Actually, technical trucks can fight fires (All fire department vehicles can fight fires, because it is the crews rather than the vehicles doing the work) but fire trucks are much more efficient at it (because they give an equipment bonus). Presumably vehicles like the Technical Truck and Pickup have only one or two rudimentary hoses and a hand held powder/foam extinguisher while the fire truck has special pumps, hose extenders and whatnot for any kind and size of fire.

Edit: Ninja'd (sorta) by the Devs themselves.

[Barney76]

This, again, underlines how beneficial it would be to have detailed documentation on WHAT EXACTLY each kind of equipment, vehicle, etc. actually does. Perhaps a Wiki would be helpful?

[Team Triss]

Originally posted by Robrecht:

Actually, technical trucks can fight fires (All fire department vehicles can fight fires, because it is the crews rather than the vehicles doing the work) but fire trucks are much more efficient at it (because they give an equipment bonus). Presumably vehicles like the Technical Truck and Pickup have only one or two rudimentary hoses and a hand held powder/foam extinguisher while the fire truck has special pumps, hose extenders and whatnot for any kind and size of fire.

Edit: Ninja'd (sorta) by the Devs themselves.

Huh, guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Just like any unit can tend to a medical emergency, as long as it's not serious (one drop of blood) and doesn't require transportation to the hospital.

Unless that was changed with the launch patch.