The Mills Fire Department will soon be adding another truck to its fleet after the city bought a pumper truck that should be ready for use by mid-November, OilCity.news reported.
A fire official said the department has been in serious need of a new truck since February, when a drastic cold snap put the department’s frontline pumper out of commission and caused damage to the reserve pumper as well, the report said. Even before that, though, the city had been looking to update the fire department’s vehicles.
The new truck has a 750-gallon tank but won’t be ready for use until mid-November, as the vehicle still needs to have several additions made to it and the details need to be finalized, the report said. It will bring the department’s fleet up to six vehicles, including two brush vehicles and two structure vehicles.
