Elko County, NV, Fire Protection District has a new brush truck and a rescue vehicle, both based on Ford F-550 cabs and chassis, in service, according to a report published by the Elko Daily Free Press.
The brush truck is a 2018 model which cost $193,000 and the rescue vehicle is a 2020 which cost $200,454, the paper reported.
The vehicles were upgraded with off-road suspension and are equipped with 400-gallon water tanks, 10-gallons of foam, have 125-gpm pumps and front monitors for wildland fires, according to the Elko Press report.
One of the apparatus be stationed in Clover Valley and the second will be in Spring Creek, according to the paper.
