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The Mountain Home Fire Department accepted delivery on its newest fire truck Tuesday. The 2015 Sutphen ladder truck arrived on a flatbed trailer from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus in Union Grove, Ala. The truck, which measures 47.5 feet long, had to be unloaded at the Street Department office on Highway 201 North and then driven downtown to its new home at Fire Station No. 1. The Sutphen, which had previously been in service with a fire department in Schenectady, N.Y., replaces a 1984 Grumman AerialCat ladder truck that has been in service with the city since 1987. Grumman Emergency Products, a subsidiary of aircraft manufacturer Grumman Aerospace Corporation, closed its doors in 1992. Because of that, replacement parts for the 37-year-old the AerialCat are almost nonexistent. When the Sutphen was purchased in May 2020, it was believed Mountain Home’s AerialCat was one of only three still on duty in the United States. ....
The Mountain Home Fire Department recently added a new tanker truck to its fleet of emergency vehicles. The 2021 tanker replaces the 1985 tanker that was ....
The Mountain Home Fire Department is getting ready to part with one of its ladder trucks, but has not found anyone willing to take the vehicle off the city’s hands. The fire department is expecting to receive a refurbished 2015 Sutphen ladder truck in July from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus in Union Grove, Ala. Once that truck arrives, the department will take its 1984 Grumman Aerialcat ladder truck out of service. The vehicle has been part of the fire department’s fleet since 1987. Brindlee Mountain employees will take the Grumman back to Alabama when they deliver the Sutphen and attempt to sell it on behalf of the city. Mountain Home Fire Chief Kris Quick said the fire truck dealer has already warned him that there would not be any buyers on the vehicle. ....