Some of the features the truck has been equipped with include 4×4 capability, a 350-gallon water tank with a pump system capable of a 200 gallon per minute (GPM) output, as well as the capability of drafting water to refill the tank from a secondary water source such as a lake or pond.

"This is huge, especially along the [Highway] 281 corridor," GIFD Capt. Todd Morgan said. "We now have a ladder on each end of town. With larger buildings that we're getting on this (north) end of town, like the apartment complexes, the mall- everything the way it's just blowing up out here- we can use this as an engine company or we can use this as a ladder company."

The $750,000 quint (or quintuple combination pumper), paid for with tax dollars and approved by city council as part of the 2015-2016 city budget, now gives the city a second ladder for major fires.