This well built and well equipped fire hall even includes living quarters, as the station is home to the Fire Service Work Experience Program. This is a program in which firefighter hopefuls from across Canada receive further training while stationed and living here. The program helps augment the 25 paid-on-call firefighters, improving fire suppression service in the city.
Voters recently approved the addition of a fourth bay to the fire hall and the purchase of another firefighting truck, scheduled to replace Engine 2 in early 2014. The Merritt Department is equipped with six pieces of apparatus at present. A listing follows:
- Engine 1 - 2005 Spartan Diamond / Superior (1250/1000/50A/CAFS) (SN#SE 3430)
- Quint 1 - 2009 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (2000/300/?/75')
- Bush 1 - 1979 Chevrolet K30 / Hub (350/200)
- Rescue 1 - 2002 Ford F550 / ERS CAFS (CAFS/300) (SN#J01590)
- Engine 2 - 1993 Spartan Diamond / Superior (1050/1000) (SN#SE 1336)
- Engine 10 - 1990 Ford F600 / 1997 Hub (PTO/500/30F/CAFS) (ex-British Columbia Ministry of Forests & Range)