All but two of the station’s personnel were out on active medical emergency calls at the time. The building’s sprinkler system activated and kept the fire under control until an engine from the Aurora Drive fire station could respond.  

The two personnel at the station prepared to attack the fire but could not engage until additional support arrived, according to the release. No injuries were reported.

Mutual aid was provided by the University Fire Department and Ft. Wainwright Fire Department, as per dispatching protocols for fires in commercial buildings, according to the release.

It cost $300,000 and the money came from the cumulative fire fund.

The Sullivan Fire Department now has three trucks and this new one is actually a pumper tanker, which means it can carry a lot more water.

"Usually we have just an engine tanker and it has 750 to 1,000 gallons of water. This is going to have 2,000 gallons of water," says Fire Chief Rob Robertson.

Bob Wenzlau of Neighbors Abroad of Palo Alto, California, said a fire truck that appeared in video footage shot by an anti-corruption organization was not one of those donated.  

In fact, he said, the 1988 Seagrave pumper pictured had been purchased by state fire chief Manuel Alberto Maza Sánchez from the city of Torrance, California, on behalf of another city in Oaxaca. But that city decided not to buy it after all so Maza was storing the vehicle and trying to sell it, Wenzlau explained.