Fire Chief Randy Ates explained that ESFD recently ordered the ladder truck from Pierce Manufacturing with the help of a grant, saying the truck helps firefighters navigate the narrow streets of Eureka Springs.

"Because ladder trucks reach a certain length on the ladder, the body starts to get long as well. That won't work for us," Ates said. "The new truck will carry the weight because of numerous technological improvements."

The truck, Ates continued, has a 107-foot ladder on a 75-foot frame. He said the truck is innovative and would have cost the department $1 million without the grant. With the grant, Ates said the department spent only $37,500 for the truck.

Klesmith said her crew will be filming in Eureka Springs until the end of Thursday. So far, she said she's enjoying the town.

"After being in so many parades and we'd spend 3 weekends building floats and then we'd tear down the floats and start all over again we thought lets have something that we can be proud of we can use in the parades, use it for community events and we said how about a fire truck," Lynass said.

But not just any fire truck will do, the truck is a very rare 1952 Ward LaFrance, and while its paint job on the surface may be shiny and new, looking a little deeper you find that 50's nostalgia.