The Tulsa airport has put its main fire truck up for auction. And after looking at ways to save money, the airport decided it wouldn't buy a replacement. It's the last day in service for the fire truck at the airport. It's being sold off, and it won't be replaced.
The truck can hold 3,000 gallons of water.
It's the largest one at the airport fire station and the only one equipped with a snozzle - a tool that firefighters push into burning aircraft to shoot water inside.
But the government considers it to be at the end of its useful life, so it's being sold.
The airport's deputy director says even without it, the airport has enough firefighting capability.
“It's totally determined based on the size of the airplane that operates here at least five times a day and the length of that airplane,” TIA spokesperson Alexis Higgins said.
The airport, and ultimately taxpayers and passengers, pay the cost of fire protection on the airport grounds, so any savings in equipment and people eventually makes the airport more competitive.