Boone County firefighters get new pumper, tanker trucks

The Boone County Fire Protection District has added ten new trucks to its lineup of firefighting vehicles. They include seven Rosenbauer pumper trucks and three Rosenbauer tanker trucks.

Crews are currently fitting the new vehicles with tools like hoses, nozzles, axes, pry bars, and flashlights. Training on the new equipment is going on at the same time.

The vehicles were paid for with funds from a bond issue passed in April 2014. From the $14 million in the bond issue, $5.35 million was allotted for the firefighting vehicles to help replace older apparatus, some of which were nearly 30 years old.

Six more vehicles will be delivered to the district this year: four Danko brush trucks in July, and two Rosenbauer rescue squad vehicles in October.

Other funds from the bond issue will pay for facility upgrades, including additional resident and training rooms at some of the district’s stations, as well as two new stations, one of which will replace an older station.