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truck on the road to a fire which has the capabilities of two of the department’s old vehicles.
With a 1,000 gallon water tank, a 1,250-gallon per minute pump, a prepiped and mounted deck gun, several hundred feet of hose and hard sleeves to draft water, the new truck will allow firefighters to attempt to contain a blaze until more equipment arrives to assist. “If I can get two other people here,” Mr. Burke said, “we can take three people and have water and hose to get to work.”
The truck, which also carries ladders and entry tools, will have a
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