The new truck cost the department roughly $600,000. The department says the truck is part of their operations budget and will hopefully be saving the department some money.

Cherry Valley says once they get a new truck, an old one must be replaced. They took a 1988 truck out of service when the new 2018 came into play. One of the main reasons the department says this truck will benefit them, is by reducing the maintenance costs the department says they had a lot of before.

"Having a new vehicle, we won't have some of the older parts breaking and needing maintenance as often. While there was a significant cost, we hope to save a lot of money in our maintenance budget," said Lieutenant Kristopher Gay with the Cherry Valley Fire Department.

The bays doors are 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide.

When the project is finished, the building will have five bay doors, each 14 feet tall and 14 feet wide, and an additional drive through bay down the entire west side of the building that will allow for an aerial truck, which has an expandable ladder attached to the top.

“The station was never large enough before to hold an aerial truck, so it will allow us to have an aerial in the Eastgate area of the township,” Deimling added.

The original station was built in 1956, and it’s been added on to and modified a couple of times throughout the years.

Pumpers serve as a fire engine and carry 500 gallons of water, hoses, nozzles, appliances and all of the equipment that's used in firefighting. They also carry special foam for fighting gas- and alcohol-based blazes, as well as emergency medical equipment.

"They're full of stuff because you never know what you're going to get when you show up on scene, so you have to have everything with you," Shelton said.