Marblehead, Meet Your New $1.2M Quint Ladder Truck

Here are the first pictures of the Marblehead Fire Department's new state-of-the-art quint ladder truck, which is expected to pull into the station on Pleasant Street before the end of the month.

Marblehead Fire Chief Jason Gilliland was nice enough to send along the photographs attached to this post, which were taken on a recent trip to the Pierce Manufacturing plant in Appleton, Wisc.

When the new apparatus arrives, the department's worn-out 1987 Mack Pumper will be taken out of service. 

The name "quint" means five, and refers to the five functions that a quint provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial ladder and ground ladders.

What do you think of the new ladder truck? Did you support the decision to buy it?

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