What could become a nationally recognized way of rapidly deploying hydraulic rescue tools is the central feature of the Advance Fire Department’s new rescue truck.
Designated Rescue 51, the Ford F-550 4x4 chassis includes innovative designs developed by AFD members and the first arrow board of its kind installed on a fire truck in the United States.
“This was custom-designed for us,” AFD Chief Jim Caldwell said Tuesday while showing off the apparatus, which is based at AFD’s Station One in Advance.
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