The city has received a "loaner" ladder truck from Colorado as it waits for a new $1 million truck to arrive by the fall, officials said. The ladder truck on loan from Connecticut-based New England Fire Equipment was expected to go into service at Station 4 on Crescent Street on Monday, Brockton Fire Chief Michael Williams said.
"That will bring us back up to three ladders in the city, which is our normal operating situation," Williams said Monday afternoon.
The city has been without a third ladder truck for about two years, after a ladder truck from Station 4 on the city's East Side was decommissioned because it wasn't passing safety inspections, Williams said. The ladder truck on loan came from Denver, Colorado, which arrived at no cost to the city, is owned by New England Fire Equipment, he said.
"It's considered a loaner ladder that they offer us to use in anticipation of delivery of our brand new ladder," Williams said.
The ladder has "passed all safety inspections and it's right up to snuff for what we need," Williams said.