DEWEY — The city of Dewey’s has received its new rescue truck for the Fire Department.

The truck is the second and final purchase connected to a bond that was approved in May 2015 and brings the Dewey Fire Department’s fleet up to eight vehicles. Dewey Fire Chief Dale Little said the department has two brush trucks, two tankers, three pumper trucks and one rescue truck.

“The truck is going to make a lot of difference,” Little said. “We feel pretty solid with the trucks we have now.”

The rescue truck and a used pumper truck that the department received in February are the result of a bond passed in May 2015. The bonds, which total $1.2 million, included wastewater collection system improvements, street and road repairs, and a new Police Department and Municipal Court facility, in addition to the $210,000 allotted for the fire trucks.

The Dewey City Council eventually voted to add $10,000 from the general fund and $10,000 from the fire fund to pay the remaining amount on the used pumper truck.

It will be assigned to Farmington Road Station 67 in downtown Beaverton and goes into operation on Thursday.

These trucks have separate steering in the front and back to make it easier to work its way through skinny streets, sharp turns, tight curves.

Eighteen apparatus operators - who drive the front - have been trained to drive the 60-foot-long truck.

Eighteen apparatus operators have been trained to drive the 60-foot-long truck with an apparatus operator driving in the tractor and a tiller operator driving in the back.

The rig has a 100-foot aerial ladder and includes 24 compartments.