This is an extract from the local news site:

> A total of 50 firefighters attended a blaze at a garden centre.
>
> Crews from Shipley and Ilkley were among the **six appliances** who attended a fire at Stephen H Smith's Garden & Leisure...

Source: [T&A, 19-Jul-17][1], emphasis is mine.

I understand that the word *appliances* in this context relates to fire engines and equipment, but to me the sentence seems awkward.

My question is, **is the word appliances being used correctly in this sentence?**

  [1]: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15419723.UPDATE__Huge_garden_centre_blaze_tackled_by_fifty_firefighters/