Two Lehigh Valley fire departments are looking to swap firetrucks for firefighter training.
Easton City Council at its meeting Wednesday night was scheduled to consider a resolution to approve sending two pieces of fire apparatus, which are not currently in use, to the Allentown Fire Department. Allentown, in turn, would waive the tuition of two of six recruits Easton currently has in the Allentown Fire Academy, according to the proposal.
The trucks are a 1995 E-One and KME Predator, which Easton fire Chief Hennings confirmed are both engines. Easton is in the process of replacing both, according to the resolution.
Easton council last November approved purchasing a $1.14 million 2027 Pierce Enforcer pumper truck and in April 2022 agreed to purchase a 2024 Pierce Enforcer 107-foot Tractor-Drawn Aerial at a cost of $1,718,600.