Farmington Fire Department’s first aerial ladder fire truck will soon be ready to deploy to fire and rescue calls.
The city has never owned its own aerial fire truck throughout its long history and has relied on mutual aid from neighboring fire departments to bring a ladder truck for rescues and to fight fires.
Farmington Fire Chief Justin Elvestad detailed the purchase agreement for a new, state-of-the-art, 107-foot aerial ladder truck during the Tuesday, Jan. 22 City Council meeting held in the council chamber.
“In the past five years, we have had upgrades in our computer-aided dispatching system based on national standards and best practices, and this is a piece of equipment that was dispatched with us on any reported structure fire and from our closest neighbor,” Elvestad said.