City approves new fire truck

City approves new fire truck

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RIDGELAND — A new fire truck to handle narrow roads and rough terrain in some of the newly annexed parts of the city has been approved to bid.

Fire Chief Matt Bailey said the $275,000 truck is known as a Wildland Extreme Type 6 Quick Attack truck. He described the vehicle as a lifted four-wheel truck that will feature toolboxes and a water pump on the back. He said the pump will be able to spray water while the truck is moving. It will also hold emergency medical and extraction equipment for responding to wrecks.

He said the truck is needed to navigate narrow roads, rough terrain and steep hills found in the newly annexed area of the city west of I-55 along west County Line Road. He said it will be necessary to reach some of the more isolated houses or brush fires in that area.

The new truck will be housed at Station 4 on the Highland Colony Parkway. Bailey said the vehicle will replace another truck that is aging out of the fleet.

Mayor Gene F. McGee said that it may be a year before the city gets the truck because it has to be built.

The annexation includes property surrounded by Greens Crossing Road, North Livingston Road, the Natchez Trace Parkway, and west County Line. 






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