The kitchen and doors were damaged.

While repairs were made, Truck #4 was moved to another fire station in the city.

The Town Council approved Tuesday the purchase of a new aerial ladder truck and a pumper truck at a combined cost of $1,079,613. Deputy Fire Chief Darrel Donatto told the council that the two trucks will save the town more than $5 million over 15 years by eliminating the use of a third truck and the need for three firefighter posts.

The two new trucks will be stationed at the Central Fire Station, where they will replace three vehicles — a ladder truck and two fire engines, Donatto said. The station can shift from three trucks to two because one of the new trucks is a hybrid fire engine/ladder truck, he said.

A 2016 study, commissioned by the city of Houston, found the department is 70 ambulances short of being able to attain the national response time standard of 90 percent of arrival times falling within eight minutes.

Administrators said Monday that the ambulance fleet did not have serious issues, but hea