The Claremore City Council approved a $500,000 loan through RCB Bank in Dec. 2015 to purchase a new pumper truck for the local fire department. The new truck finally rolled into town Monday afternoon. Claremore Fire Chief Sean Douglas said the new truck has a lot of safety features that were developed after the purchase of the other CFD trucks.
“New safety features were built into this truck due to the ongoing changes over the years, such as making the truck more visible with its striping pattern that is highly reflective, multiple cameras and an overall cleaner setup,” Douglas said.
The truck’s 750-gallon tank is able to pump 1,500 gallons per minute.
Additionally, the truck has more storage, interior ladders, filtration in each compartment to keep grime out, medical equipment compartments accessible from the inside and outside and other features.
It will be a couple of weeks before the truck is assigned to a station, Douglas said. “There are still little minor things we need to add to it, such as lettering, stocking it and other odds and ends,” he said.
Most fire engines last about 15 years, he said, but the new truck should last 20.