The Troy Fire Department recently received two new ladder trucks, replacing 1997 and 1998 trucks.
Both new vehicles are manufactured by the Sutphen Corporation of Springfield, Ohio. The 2019 Sutphen SLR 75 is a rear-mounted, 75-foot ladder truck. Rear-mounted means this is where the large hydraulically lifted aerial ladder is attached to the vehicle.
The Fire Department operates two different style of ladder trucks; one being the rear-mount straight aerial ladder and the other is a longer mid-mount, tower type aerial ladder.
“In addition to the longer aerial ladder, the new trucks carry 115 feet of ground ladders and provide us with additional reach over the older models,” Fire Chief Dave Roberts said. The new trucks also have a water pump with a rated delivery of 2,000 gallons per minute (GPM), exceeding the delivery rating of the older trucks of 1,500 GPM.