The Hopkinton (MA) Fire Department is in the process of training with its new toy: Ladder 1—a 2021 Pierce Enforcer 100-foot stick with a 2,000-gpm pump, 575-gallon water tank and 25-gallon foam cell.

Check out some training pics below:

Group 3 getting in some training on your new Ladder. 🚒

There are a number of days of required training by all groups, some final checks, and then we can place the new apparatus into service. pic.twitter.com/Oe7nebMGUh

— Hopkinton Fire (@HopkintonFire) April 12, 2021

Group 4 conducting aerial operations with the new ladder. Another full week of training with Pierce Fire Apparatus. pic.twitter.com/zFwm4EMhOR

— Hopkinton Fire (@HopkintonFire) April 13, 2021

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Norfolk (VA) Naval Shipyard Fire Station recently received a new pumper, Engine 22, reports dvidshub.net.

Engine 22 can hold up to 750 gallons of water, pump 1,250 gallons of water per minute and hold 50 gallons of firefighting foam.