The annual average fire disaster in Taiwan was about 1,600 resulting and loss of about NTD 700 million. To this end, fire fighting organs have set up plans to enhance fire fighting and rescue capability. However, in terms of the procurement of equipment and fire engines, due to the confinement by the Government Procurement Law, narrow market, and cognition and differences of needs, they often fail to purchase a fire engine completely in line with the needs of firefighters, which affect the effectiveness of fire rescue.

To define the decision-making factors of specifications and needs of fire engines, this study proposed the factors based on relevant literature review and Modified Delphi Method, established decision-making hierarchical framework, and finally explored the weight of the factors through analytic hierarchy process (AHP).

It has been found that the influencing factors with degrees of importance in terms of the procurement of special fire engines are body and security of engines, accessory rescue equipment, and supplier conditions and built-in equipment. Besides, the brake, engine, chassis, and rigid structure of a fire engine are considered as important by firefighters and purchasing professionals. It can be seen that the most important factors are related to security, consistent, and continuous.