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The new ladder truck cost $450,000 and has 12,000 miles on it and the new rescue truck cost $100,000 with 16,000 miles on it. Parker said the funds to pay for the trucks are coming from a Georgia Municipal Association loan that the city will pay back over a 10-year period.
"We were very conscious and wanted to spend the taxpayer’s money wisely,” Parker said. "A brand new 2018 ladder truck would have cost over one million dollars and a new 2018 rescue truck would be a little over $160,000. We felt like we were getting a great deal on the trucks with both of them having very low mileage.”
The Henderson Fire Department has a new $1 million fire truck. HFD's new Ladder One will be the first engine out the door from their firehouse at Green and Washington Streets. Firefighters said they can get the ladder fully extended in about 90 seconds, which can make a difference saving lives.
Firefighters said they can get the ladder fully extended in about 90 seconds, which can make a difference saving lives.
The truck is also a pumper and has rescue equipment, making it a jack-of-all-trades.
Lt. Chris Watson said the truck will be a lot easier to drive, too.
Henderson County Public Schools' Balfour Fire Academy received a working fire engine Thursday. The engine was donated by the Hendersonville Fire Department. The truck will give students a chance to work with a real truck instead of simulated training. Program director Ted Barnett the truck should last the academy 15-0 years.
The truck will give students a chance to work with a real truck instead of simulated training.
It's out with the old and in with the new for the Cherry Valley Fire Department. The department just purchased a 2018 Pierce Enforcer 1500 GMP PUC Pumper. The new truck cost the department roughly $600,000. The department says the truck is part of their operations budget and will hopefully be saving the department some money.
The new truck cost the department roughly $600,000. The department says the truck is part of their operations budget and will hopefully be saving the department some money.
Cherry Valley says once they get a new truck, an old one must be replaced. They took a 1988 truck out of service when the new 2018 came into play. One of the main reasons the department says this truck will benefit them, is by reducing the maintenance costs the department says they had a lot of before.
"Having a new vehicle, we won't have some of the older parts breaking and needing maintenance as often. While there was a significant cost, we hope to save a lot of money in our maintenance budget," said Lieutenant Kristopher Gay with the Cherry Valley Fire Department.
