Frankfort (NY) Fire Department’s 27-year-old aerial is now out of service after it caught fire in the station last week, according to a report published by the Daily Sentinel.
Fortunately, the fire was small and the damage was confined to just the apparatus itself as it was caught by firefighters from neighboring Schuyler Fire Department who were at the station on standby, according to the report.
Nevertheless, the truck was rendered in operable and was towed from the fire station after the fire burned itself out and firefighters put out the remaining embers, the report said, adding that the fire appeared to be in the engine compartment.
Whether the truck will be repaired or not will be up to the insurance company, according to the report, that also said the department has been planning to replace the apparatus for the past seven years.
A new replacement aerial like the one damaged by fire will cost in the range of $1.3 million according to the report, which also said the department will rely on mutual until an aerial is back in service in the community.
