The truck, a 2005 International 440 1,250 gallon pumper, came from the now closed Troublesome Fire Department.

When a fire department closes, all of the equipment goes to the county and the county decides which fire department gets the equipment.

Perry County Judge-Executive Scott Alexander held a meeting with the fire chiefs from around the county to discuss what would be done with the firetruck.

The fire chiefs voted unanimously to give the truck to Krypton.

The truck arrived in Natchez in February, but wasn't transferred to the city at that time because it needed to be entered into the county’s inventory and have some finishing touches put on it.

But the new truck was pushed into service about a week-and-a-half ago when "a couple of city (fire) trucks went down," Adams County Emergency Management Director Robert Bradford said.

The truck, purchased as a good-faith effort on the county’s part to show its support for the 10-year shared fire-coverage agreement between the city and county volunteer fire departments, is meant to be traded with the city for an older model, which will go to the Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Department, Bradford said.

A woman driving an older Ford Explorer apparently tried to go around the truck as it backed into the fire house garage, leading to the crash.