The new engine pumper, which costs $500,000, is being built in Dublin, just outside of Columbus, Fire Chief Shawn Gruber said.

"We are excited," he said. "It's a much-needed addition to our apparatus. With this salt and northeast Ohio weather, the repair costs were piling up." 

The department is looking at a mid-January delivery.

"We will be happy to show it off," he said.

When the fire department gets the new pumper, it will use the current pumper, which is 13 years old, as a reserve and sell the current reserve pumper. The money from the sale will go toward the purchase of a new ambulance, he said.

According to the Cook’s Community Volunteer Fire Department, two CCVFD firefighters were responding to a vehicle fire on I-485 near Harris Boulevard around 11:30 a.m.

During this time, the members of the department were involved in a single-vehicle accident which caused the fire truck to roll over.

Both members were taken to local hospitals for their injuries and have been released.

The fire truck is an American LaFrance 750 pumper that was shipped to Greeneville on Dec. 8, 1955. Founded in 1873, American LaFrance built fire engines, fire aerials, and other emergency vehicles until 2014, when the company ceased operations.

The owners of this particular fire truck — Alice Cupp and her husband, Chance Minnick — purchased the vehicle about two to three months ago from some people in Knoxville. At the same time, the couple purchased some equipment for a new restaurant they’re planning to open.

They thought it would look good sitting outside their restaurant, plus it could be used for promotions and events, maybe even in parades. The only problem was the parking lot wasn’t really large enough to hold the vintage vehicle. The solution? Ask a friend for help.