The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department has a new tool in its arsenal for the agency’s everlasting quest to keep residents and property safe.
The city of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, has acquired a new fire apparatus: a 2004 Rosenbauer Spartan complete with a 60-foot extension ladder and remote controlled nozzle.
“The citizens of Mt. Pleasant should be glad we got this truck,” Fire Chief Tim Smith told
The Daily Herald. “This is something we thought we would never see, but now that it has happened, we guarantee the City of Mt. Pleasant will make good use of it.”
Smith said the new truck and its 60-foot extendable ladder will give firefighters much needed access during emergency situations at the city’s public schools and other structures.
With the new nozzle, which can be used to direct water remotely using a small wireless controller, the new truck allows firefighters to work in a more secure environment for safer rescues and water drops, the report said.
The truck, which is usually priced at more than $500,000, was used by a fire department in Ohio until it was damaged in a collision. The refurbished truck was purchased from Lawrenceburg’s M3 Fire Apparatus for $139,000, according to the report.