After the city council voted to award the department $200,000 in unspent block grant money - the last piece of funding needed to purchase a new truck - at Monday night's meeting, the fire department can now work toward securing the new, "badly-needed" demo truck, Barton said.

On average, Flint's fire trucks are 15 years old, he said.

The truck will replace the city's current oldest model - a renovated 1991 Little Debbie Bread truck.

"All our trucks are custom and they're made to our specifications and all these seven trucks are identical. That's what helps us out from driver to driver when they go from one truck to another," said Captain Frank McKenzie.

After the trucks arrived, some were only at the station for less than a minute before being put to use. In other words, more trucks equals more manpower.

"It upgrades our capacity," said Captain McKenzie. "It makes us more modern, faster to be able to fight the fires, be able to put a fire out. Everybody knows in firefighting, the faster you can put that fire out the more lives and more property we can save. That's what we're trying to do, stay on top of our game."

Police said the driver suffered a seizure, swerved, jumped a ramp and struck the firehouse, damaging an office. He is expected to be OK.

Firefighters said they are grateful that it was not worse and the injuries were not worse.

Grandview Fire needs help raising $32,000 to replace these devices that are, right now, held together with a dollar store fix.

These tools help firefighters breathe, and they're also equipped with a fire fighter tracking device in case of emergencies.