The invention discloses a vertical rotating rack used in a fire engine. An upper bracket and a lower bracket which are parallel to a compartment side panel are fixedly connected on an upright post of a compartment side section. A rectangular rotating rack is connected on the upper bracket and the lower bracket in a rotatable manner by an upper vertical shaft and a lower vertical shaft. A limit board is fixedly arranged on the lower bracket and one end of the limit board is fixedly connected on the lower bracket while the other end extends into the compartment. The two ends of the limit board are respectively cut with a limit notch. A locking mechanism is arranged at the bottom part of a rotating rack body and a tapered ned of the locking mechanism is alternatively locked in the two limit notches. The rotating rack which is parallel to the compartment side panel is arranged by the invention so that the inner surface and the outer surface of the rotating rack can be used for hanging and placing fire-fighting equipment of various types. The rotating rack body can rotate around the upper bracket and the lower bracket to the outside of a compartment body, thus on a rescue site, firefighters can conveniently and rapidly take the fire-fighting equipment so as to greatly save time and improve rescue efficiency.