There's several new features, like a joystick that controls a water pump at the front of the truck.

"It's just like a video game when you're, you know, joy stick and flying an airplane or something back in the day," Pokorney said. "It's going to be really handy for us and it's going to make it so much safer for us out there fighting."

Firefighters will have to be trained to use the new engine, and the department expects it to be out on the streets by February.

The Phoenix Fire Department is renting a two-bedroom unit at the Marriott Residence Inn near 19th Avenue and Happy Valley Road as Fire Station 55. 

The four firefighters are working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week and are using a fire truck that wasn't previously being used. The station will serve an area of a couple of square miles which is a typical size.