A fire truck ran off the road and became stuck in a ditch in Suffolk Tuesday morning.

The Suffolk Police Department confirms the single-vehicle accident involved an engine from the Courtland Volunteer Fire Department.

The engine ran off the paved portion of the roadway, in the 3400 block of Lake Prince Road, around 9:45 a.m. There was no damage reported and no one was injured.

The truck is a 1998 six-wheel, all-wheel drive vehicle with 8,600 miles on the odometer.“Next year we’ll probably paint it red and see what else it might need, but for the time being, the plan is to get it outfitted and ready to go,” Chief Hayes said.

He said the vehicle was acquired at no cost to the town other than the outfitting and maintenance costs.“If and when we no longer need it or plan to use it, we have to let them know in case they want it back,” the chief said.The fire chief said the town currently doesn’t have the cash to replace Engine 4, and the brush truck will be housed in the bay where Engine 4 had been.

“Engine 4 had been an additional water supply for structure fires, but the surplus truck will be only used for brush fire response,” he explained.

He said ultimately the department will move to the new public safety site on the former Department of Conservation and Recreation parcel on Gardner Road.

“Right now the trucks and equipment are housed at 2 Gardner Road, while the department office is located at 48 Gardner Road. I’m looking forward to the day when we have everything under one roof,” the chief said.

The Cayce fire department needed a new fire engine, said Chief Charles McNair, adding that firefighters were having difficulty fitting all of the necessary equipment onto the current fleet of trucks

Instead of buying two new trucks, the department realized the "best of both worlds" by designing its own truck, McNair said. "We had it built from scratch," he said.

Firefighters had input on details down to the interior and exterior colors and the size of the seats. The result is a one-of-a-kind fire engine, McNair said.

After a 9-month building process, the engine was rolled out with the latest technology, room for extra equipment and the capacity to carry 1,000 gallons of water.

"Making sure we are up to date and have the best equipment to keep residents and businesses safe is what we're all about," Cayce Mayor Elise Partin said.

Partin added that enhanced fire service can improve the city's Insurance Services Office rating, which would lead to lower homeowners insurance rates for Cayce residents.