Faced with continuing repairs to the fire department’s 35-year-old ladder truck, New Philadelphia will spend $1.8 million for a new one, TimesReporter.com reported.
The current ladder truck is a 1987 Grumman Aerialcat, according to the report. The truck was rebuilt on a new chassis in 2008-2009 for $595,000.
The City Council suspended its rules and approved the resolution for the new fire truck on its first reading because of time concerns, the report said. New Philadelphia will be purchasing a demonstration model that will be available in five months. If the city doesn’t buy this truck, it will likely have to wait from 24 to 32 months because so many cities across the country are buying fire apparatus right now, as well as supply chain issues, according to the report.
