The Danville Fire Department's new ladder truck costs just shy of $1 million and may not look much different than the fire department's current ladder truck, but there are actually a lot of differences.
Perhaps most importantly, the way the new truck can turn.
"This truck is going to allow us to go around in tight spaces," Danville Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Jefferson said.
Jefferson said the truck has what is known as rear steering, meaning the rear wheels turn.
"Everybody who's driven it, including myself, says it drives like a big car," Jefferson said.
The other major difference between the new truck and the current truck is the length of the ladder.
The current ladder truck has a 75-foot ladder. The new ladder truck has a 107-foot ladder.