Calif. fire department receives grant to replace aging truck

Mercury News

EL CERRITO, Calif. — The city's fire department has received an $856,804 federal grant to replace its aging ladder truck with a new model.

The old truck, a 1991 model with 95,000 miles on it, is based at Station 71, across from City Hall at San Pablo and Manila avenues, said El Cerrito Fire Chief Lance Maples.

The city is kicking in $95,156 from its general fund to supplement the grant, he said. The department also provides fire service under contract to unincorporated Kensington. Besides the ladder truck, the department has four fire engines at two stations in El Cerrito. The department also staffs the Kensington fire station, which has a fire engine and a fire truck, said Mayor Pro Tem Janet Abelson.

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