Jerry Bialick with the Bexar-Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department said the new engines are state-of-the-art and dependable.

 

The Fire Department has also ordered another ladder truck valued at more than $1 million and hopes to have it by next year. Another brush truck is also expected to be added to the fleet in a couple of months.

The tools include a new Hurst Jaws of Life brand spreader and cutter, a new, high-tech Flir thermal imaging camera and a TL-9 stabilizer.  

The thermal imaging camera replaces an older model.

 

State Highway Patrol Trooper Timothy Pope said the driver of a Conetoe Volunteer Fire Department truck collided with a Ford F-350 that was hauling a trailer behind it about 10 a.m. near the Edgecombe-Martin county line.  

According to Pope, firefighters from Conetoe along with the N.C. Forest Service were working to extinguish a brush fire prior to the wreck. An animal control officer with the Martin County Sheriff's Office discovered the fire after he stopped to remove a tire from the roadway.

A firefighter was driving another truck eastbound on the highway from Conetoe to assist in the response when the wreck occurred.