Fire Chief Dayton Burnside said the department now has two aerial ladder trucks and four pumper trucks. The other aerial ladder is a 1998 model, which is to be transitioned to reserve status.

"It's fine for reserve, but it's wearing out as a front-line unit, showing its age," Burnside said.

The department's pumper trucks range in age from a 2006 model to a 2012 model. Burnside said the 2006 model is due to be replaced next year.

An ISO PPC takes multiple factors into account:

» Emergency communications systems, such facilities for staffing, training and dispatching objectives, among other things

» The fire department and its staffing, training, equipment and geographic deployment of units

» Water supply and hydrant examination

The full price of the new truck will cost about $650,000. The remaining $200,000 will come from the city's reserved funds, but it'll be about a year before the shiny new vehicle is sitting pretty at the department.

"We've put together a committee of firefighters and officers to look at different designs that other departments around us are using and hopefully come up with a design that'll work for us," Fire Chief Brad Davies said. 

Once the design process is over, they just have to wait for it to be built and delivered. 

Nobody died in the crash, but four people were sent to the hospital with injuries.

As for the fire truck, it's now out of service. Siems says the city will be down to two units for up to 2 years until the damaged truck can be replaced.

"That is one-third of our fleet that can't respond to fire calls, can't save lives," Siems said. "You would think that one our biggest fears is running into a building that is on fire. In reality, it's responding to a roadway and being struck by a distracted driver."

Edina fire fighters are trained to take evasive action, and that likely saved the woman's life, Siems said.

First responders can't get to an emergency if they are involved in a crash, the State Patrol said. That has the patrol reminding drivers to keep eyes on the road and hands on the wheel at all times.

Purchased for $752,642, the truck is known as a quint, or medium-size ladder truck.

It’s a combination ladder truck and pumper, with a 78-foot ladder, 500-gallon tank and a pump capable of pumping 2,000 gallons a minute. It provides a third aerial truck for the fire department, which also has a 93-foot platform truck and a 135-foot ladder truck, both nearing the end of their projected service time.