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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown Fire Department Ladder Truck #1 will be delivered today, November 24, between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM to the City of Jamestown Fire Station at 209 2nd Ave NW.

The new ladder truck is a 2019 Rosenbauer Cobra 101-foot Aerial Platform Truck. Chief Jim Reuther named the vehicle Ladder No. 1 because it is the first ladder truck owned by the City. Look for the decal on the truck.

The community has been without a ladder truck since July of 2019 when the 1984 Grumman Aerial Cat required repairs.

The Jamestown Fire Department provides fire-fighting, fire prevention, and related services, while working to protect life, property and public safety, including rescue operations at all hours of the day, to everyone within the city, and in cooperation with other agencies throughout the surrounding area.

On November 27, 2019, the State of North Dakota Department of Human Services, announced it was terminating its agreement with the city for the use of a state-owned ladder truck it had provided for over 90 years, although a ladder truck is required to provide fire and rescue operations for structures with two or more stories as well as large building complexes and other inaccessible areas, a number of which are located on state property in Jamestown.

The City began planning to purchase the $1,300,000 a new ladder truck. The community has been very generous in the support of the first ladder truck owned by the City of Jamestown.

Chief Reuther and the Fire Department, the Mayor and City Council, and everyone at the City would like to celebrate the arrival of the truck with everyone in 2021 when it is safer to do so.