New county firetruck brings new capabilities

  • The new $1.47 million pumping system can push 2,000 gallons a minute up to the bucket, with one single-stream nozzle able to apply 1,500 gallons a minute on a fire from 75 feet away. CONTRIBUTED
    The new $1.47 million pumping system can push 2,000 gallons a minute up to the bucket, with one single-stream nozzle able to apply 1,500 gallons a minute on a fire from 75 feet away. CONTRIBUTED
    Visual evidence of the three-year beefing up of Putnam County’s emergency services was demonstrated in the administration building’s parking lot late last month after a county commission meeting. It was a firetruck, a 78,000-pound, 43-foot long, $1.47-million behemoth with some versatile and eye-popping capabilities. More specifically, it was the county’s new aerial ladder truck...

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