Falls Township Volunteer Fire Department train with their new truck

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Falls Township Volunteer Fire Station will be reaching new lengths with their newest equipment purchase.

Falls Township Volunteer Fire Station located on Dillon Falls road recently replaced their 1975 model aerial ladder truck. According to Fire Chief, Brady Johnson their previous ladder truck only reached up to 85 feet and this new truck will help in reaching houses further back from the roads.

“We got a new 107 foot aerial ladder truck that we purchased,” said Johnson. “We’ve been looking at replacing our ladder truck we have now for the last couple years.”

With this new truck comes knowledge for the current falls township fire department members. The members are meeting with a manufacture trainer to teach them how to properly use the new aerial ladder truck.

“We’re doing about six [to] seven hours worth of training,” said Johnson. “It’ll be continuous training new guys, re-certifications, driving that we’ll be doing with this truck.”

Another aspect of training the crew will need to learn about is the new safety features that the ladder truck has, that their old ladder truck didn’t.

“The old one didn’t have any safety features you could put the areal in places that could put the truck and the crew in danger,” said Johnson. “This has safety features that will stop that.”

After the fire station goes through their training hours, re-certifications and the truck is equipped with essentials the falls township volunteer fire station can start putting the ladder truck to good use.