Board OKs purchase of new ladder truck

In an effort to maintain the city's Class Three fire rating, the board of mayor and aldermen on Monday night voted to purchase a $480,000 ladder truck sized to fit the bays at the downtown fire station.

The truck will be included in the 2006-07 budget.

According to Capt. Rusty Hilliard of the Dyersburg Fire Department, the mid-mount, aerial ladder truck has a much lower profile than the city's current aerial platform truck. At 9-feet, 11-inches tall and 39-feet long, the new vehicle will fit into the 11.5-foot-tall bays of the station.

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