Eden Volunteer Fire Department purchased a new, large brush truck with a grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The new truck has a 2,500-gallon water tank, foam capability, scene lighting and 42 inch railing for the safety of the firefighters.
Eden VFD covers a 900-square-mile protection area where they encounter rolling steep slopes, flat farm and ranch land and steep creek beds.
The primary purpose for the truck is wildland firefighting but the department will also use it as a mini-pumper to draft and shuttle water, traffic control and structure fires.