The truck is just one piece of positive news at the airport. Assistant Airport Director Cheryl Clause said through Wednesday, Nov. 14, there have been 810 boardings at the airport and on schedule for more than 1,700 boardings this month.  

“That will be the highest (number) since SkyWest took over,” she said. “With everything included other than medical flights, the total for the year will be 11,558.”

Final numbers for October are not yet in for medical flights, but stood at 853 through September. It is expected those flights will be over 1,000 boardings for the year. The medical count includes the passenger, the medical personnel taking care of the passenger and their family member.

“Since then, it’s been a couple of different units,” said Captain Kyle Joy with the Amarillo Fire Department. “It’s been Engine 15. Most recently, it was put out at our training tower as our training firetruck.”  

The unique color that once encompassed all of trucks in AFD’s fleet was believed to make for a safer ride to and from calls at the time.

The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said a vendor was taking Reserve Truck 3 to Hagerstown for repairs when it crashed and ended up on its side on Interstate 70 in the Myersville area of Frederick County.