Fire Chief Mike Demers said the truck was one of two firefighting vehicles leftover from Brunswick Naval Air Station’s closure. “I heard they were going to be auctioned off but then learned they’d be given free to a municipality,” he said.  

The offer came with two conditions, added Chief Demers. “If the vehicles were needed at a future air show, the municipality would have to agree to provide it for coverage, and if they were ever sold, Brunswick Landing had first refusal.”

The truck is gasoline-driven, equipped with four-wheel drive and has an automatic transmission. Its tank has a water capacity of 500 gallons making it an ideal emergency vehicle  to fight an off-road fire.

There were no injuries when the fire truck ran off the road while responding to the call on Hencoop Road in the town of Skaneateles, according to Fire Chief Daniel S. Evans.

The accident occurred shortly after 7 a.m., Evans said.

Evans said the investigation into the accident and its cause is ongoing.