PRESS RELEASE
The city of Lenoir Council recently dedicated a brand new pumper that is being housed at Fire Station 2. The new apparatus is a 2023 Sutphen rescue pumper, and it should help reduce rescue response times in the city.
Named “Engine 2,” the truck is a pumper that can hold 1,000 gallons of water. Engine 2 can flow 1,500-gpm, and it includes a complete set of battery-powered extraction tools. Engine 2 is powered by a Cummins L9, six-cylinder, 450-horsepower, diesel engine.
“Thank you to the mayor, the manager, council, the finance director, and our firefighters for making this happen,” Fire Chief Norman Staines said. “I inherited this project. It was well underway when I started, but I got to come in and see the truck delivered.”
Engine 2 plus the equipment cost $738,900. The truck was a demonstration vehicle that Sutphen took around the country to show off to other fire departments. Since it is a demo, the city got a great deal. The same truck today would cost around $1 million.
“This is a great addition to the fire department,” Mayor Joe Gibbons said Friday, Oct. 27. “We would like to dedicate this truck today to our city of Lenoir firefighters, who do such a great job.”
