EMMIE BOESE
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After a four year process, Station One of the Hutchinson Fire Department officially commemorated receipt of their new truck Monday evening.
Battalion Chief Nick White said the main difference between the new fire truck and others in the department is that it is a mid-mount truck versus a rear- mount.
"The rear-mounts still give great capabilities," said White."It's great having both but this will really serve the big commercial fires that we've had in the past to better ourselves at that."
White said a mid-mount design is three feet shorter and three feet wider. It has more ladders, a shorter foot print and turning radius.
"We are able to get down in what we call scrub in front of a commercial building or even in residentials we can do it but we can put the bucket down in a lot smaller foot print of an area and deliver about 1,800 gallons in on a fire where we can't reach them if it's too hot for us," White said.
The truck was serviced on Monday and will begin to respond to calls around town. The fire department opened station one earlier this year at 23rd and Main on the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
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