The two new Jamestown Fire Department pumper fire trucks were safely delivered by department officials last week. Submitted photo

The Jamestown Fire Department has two new pumper fire trucks to replace part of its aging fleet.

During a Jamestown City Council work session meeting earlier this week, Matthew Coon, Jamestown Fire Department deputy chief, said the two new pumper fire trucks the city ordered at the start of 2020 were safely delivered by department officials from Meyersdale, Pa., last week.

He said one of the trucks is stationed at City Hall and the other is located at Station 4 along Allen Street. He added that it will take a couple months for department personnel to equip the new pumper fire trucks. The new trucks will replace vehicles that are both more than 20 years old.

The new trucks will include a “clean cab concept” that will help reduce possible contamination and make cleaning the trucks easier; removable seat covers that have encapsulated barriers to reduce gas and liquid absorption; lower crosslays for loading and deploying hoses; ladders that can be stored inside the engines and out of the weather; and smaller tanks to hold water — from 750 gallons on the current trucks to 500 gallons — in addition to a higher pumping capacity — from 1,500 gallons per minute to 2,000 gallons per minute.