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.”

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.

The truck will give students a chance to work with a real truck instead of simulated training.

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.

The bays doors are 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide.

When the project is finished, the building will have five bay doors, each 14 feet tall and 14 feet wide, and an additional drive through bay down the entire west side of the building that will allow for an aerial truck, which has an expandable ladder attached to the top.

“The station was never large enough before to hold an aerial truck, so it will allow us to have an aerial in the Eastgate area of the township,” Deimling added.

The original station was built in 1956, and it’s been added on to and modified a couple of times throughout the years.