The Orange Rural Fire Department and the town of Hillsborough will officially receive a new fire truck today at 10 a.m. The truck will be delivered to the main fire station on Churton Street in downtown Hillsborough.
The truck will have a 95-foot aerial ladder, allowing it to reach the top of the two-story Durham Technical Community College building in the Waterstone development. The department’s other aerial truck, a 1987 model could not reach the top of the building.
The truck and ladder are made out of aluminum, which because it is lighter, will cause less damage to the truck’s engine and town streets.
The truck cost the town about $754,000, which is $250,000 less than similar trucks since the ladder is recycled from a truck in Syracuse, N.Y. The truck’s equipment will cost $58,000.
Part of the truck’s cost will be covered by $600,000 in fire capital contributions from the Waterstone development.
