Assistant Chief of Special Services Scott Pertuis said the station is being remodeled in a two-part series. The exterior of the building is being renovated now, and the exterior renovation will begin once that is completed.

The 9,000 square foot building is located at 865 White Mountain Highway, just up the street from the 65-year-old station it will replace. The old building no longer met building and safety code. The new $2.7 million building was designed by the architectural firm of Cowan-Goudreault of Concord, and Eckman Construction of Bedford was responsible for the build.

The $780,000 vehicle from Pierce Manufacturing Co., now the department's Truck 2, gleamed in the afternoon sunlight inside headquarters after its arrival on Friday. Delivery was expected a week ago, but was delayed three times by snowstorms.

The 2014 model has a 100-foot ladder, which operates differently than the previous Truck 2. Firefighters will be trained to use the ladder by a Wisconsin-based engineer over four days beginning Feb. 27, he said. Various equipment, already in the department's stock, will be installed in early- to mid-March. Czerwinski said the truck would be road-ready after that.

Authorities say Rezzonico was ejected from the truck and suffered a traumatic brain injury along with two broken legs and two broken shoulders. The woman had landed headfirst.

The fire truck was struck by a sedan traveling nearly 70 miles per hour, fire officials said.