A dozen city of Lewiston firefighters were learning to use the cameras and other features of the truck at a training Tuesday. The instruction is part of an update at the airport paid for mostly with Federal Aviation Administration money. It involves the truck, basing fire and rescue operations at a new $5 million building on airport grounds starting Monday, and improvements in runway snow removal.

 

The Oshkosh Global Striker replaces a truck that was 22 years old and will be kept as a backup. That truck was on its third motor and has a turret that leaks into the cab where the driver sits, Lewiston Fire Chief Travis Myklebust said. The fire department couldn’t fix the issue because doing so would require the truck to be kept out of service for long periods of time, which isn’t feasible.