A new fire truck is ordered for the Lynden (WA) Fire Department, LyndenTribune.com reported.
Costing over $1.5 million, the Pierce Quint ladder truck will be built over the next two years in Wisconsin and arrive in time for the city’s next fire insurance rating, a city official said.
The city’s previous ladder truck was surplused as worn-out recently, the report said.
Fortunately, the new engine has not only a 107-foot aerial reach, but also pumping capability to replace a pump truck that also needs to retire in a few years, the report said. That means the new ladder truck is going to replace two apparatus, which will free up a stall at the station, the city official said.
The lack of a ladder truck can be tolerated for two years because there are at least four others in the county, including one in the surrounding North Whatcom Fire & Rescue district, according to the report.
