It's red, shiny, weighs more than 10 tons, puts out fires, carries the injured to the hospital and costs $800,000. Greenville Fire/Rescue showed off its new custom-built fire truck/ambulance Monday at Station 3 at the corner of Charles Boulevard and Red Banks Road.
For an EMS call, generally, Greenville sends an ambulance and an SUV that serves as a support vehicle, but sometimes all the ambulances are busy, so the new fire truck will be able to serve as an ambulance or be available as a fire truck, Griffin said.