Early Fire Department adds 1st ladder truck amid community growth

Early Fire Department adds 1st ladder truck amid community growth

EARLY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Over the past few years, Early has seen growth in the community, with new businesses and more residents. On Monday, they added to their resources with the fire department receiving its first ladder truck.Residents gave a hand, helping with the wash-off and push-in ceremony, wiping down the sides of the truck and pushing it into its new home, the bay. The 103-foot ladder truck was purchased used from Illinois and can ho…

Sparta Searching For Ladder Truck, Needed For Height - The UC Now

The Sparta Fire Department looking to add to its fleet of fire trucks. Fire Chief Kirk Young said the board of mayor and alderman voted unanimously to allow his department to spend up to $325,000 for a used 100-foot ladder truck. Young said the truck is needed to serve the city’s three and four-story structures. “We have a ladder truck now, but it is 35 years old and it is only 75-foot,” Young said. “We’re needing to upsize it to better serve ou…