Both the ladder truck and rescue/pumper truck will be housed in a planned new fire truck garage which will be constructed in the northeast corner of the Municipal Lot sometime in early 2017. The planned garage will match the Municipal Building in design, complete with brick facade. The current small building next to Municipal Building that acts as a fire department equipment garage will be demolished to make room for additional parking.

Until the new SFD garage is built, the department’s Ladder Truck will be housed at the Sloatsburg Public Works Department garage. SFD members will also soon undergo ladder truck training at the Rockland County Fire Training Center.

The money was used to purchase large brush trucks.

Bluff Dale VFD's new 2017 brush truck replaces a 1971 federal surplus military truck.

The four-wheel drive truck is outfitted with an 800 gallon water tank, 10 gallon foam tank, diesel pump and a remote control monitor on the front bumper.

"Our area is rural, rocky, brush covered hills. The four-wheel drive will be excellent for that type of terrain and the truck will be able to go anywhere we need to go," said Bluff Dale VFD Chief George McCormick. "This [truck] will help the department keep up with the increased structure responsibility in an area that is hilly and rough."