The truck is a brand new 2019 Ford F350 extended cab truck with custom outfitting by WildFire out of Alvarado, Texas. The truck is four wheel drive and has a 300-gallon tank fitted to the one ton chassis.  

The truck is capable of pumping 350 gallons per minute and will replace a truck owned by the Arkansas Forestry Department that's insured and maintained by the city. The older truck, a 1985 model, will move to Station 3 on County Road 27, where it will continue service.

Fire Station 14, located at the intersection of Dairy and Femrite drives, is filling a gap in emergency services by cutting response times in its service area by about half.  

“This is a dedication of a station, but it’s truly a dedication to the men and women who have served this community for well over a century, continue to serve it today and will serve it in the future,” Mayor Paul Soglin said.

Davis said prior to the opening of the new station, it would take personnel based on West Badger Road between 10 and 12 minutes to respond to the southeast side — a narrow survival window. Now, Davis said response times are under about five minutes.

In a statement, Mayor Scott Galvin said:

"The city has appropriated $600,000 to begin the process of building a new central fire station, consolidating and updating remaining stations."

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