FRAMINGHAM — The Fire Department’s newest vehicle will bring modern safety and apparatus standardization to the fleet, Assistant Fire Chief John Schultz said.

The department recently received its new 2021 Pierce Enforcer Engine. The $790,000 state-of-the-art piece of firefighting equipment will be stationed in the Nobscot station, 791 Water St., in the coming weeks, Schultz said Thursday.

“We’re finally getting a nice new vehicle for the northside neighborhood, which was needed,” he said.

The new engine will replace Engine 7, a 2010 KME engine, according to Schultz.

The KME was the last non-Pierce apparatus on the fleet. This will now allow for the department to have standardization throughout all of its vehicles, making maintenance easier.

“That’s the theme — standardization,” said Schultz. “It’s basically the same as Engine 2 at A Street (station), but with new technology.”

Schultz said the new truck has what is known as a “clean cab.” That means that it has storage compartments outside of the cab to store equipment and fire gear after a fire, instead of having it in the cab of the truck with the firefighters breathing in harmful contaminants that may stick to the gear after fighting a fire.

In addition, the engine has a lower hose bed. Currently, the hoses are high that someone would need to be 6 feet or above to get them off the truck. The new engine will make it manageable for people of all heights to get the hoses down, Schultz said.

There is also a larger rear step, which will assist firefighters because they’ll have a larger platform to stand to get the hoses, which will prevent overextending and potentially hurting someone’s back, Schultz said.

The new engine also has 1,000 feet of 4-inch hose, two 200-foot, 2-inch hoses, 600 feet of 2½-inch hose and a forest fire hose. The engine can carry 750 gallons of water.

As for the engine its replacing, the KME will be kept as a backup. Having a backup will make it easier to keep up with routine maintenance of the other engines without worrying about being down an engine. Schultz said that will lengthen the lives of the other engines.

It’s also a good insurance policy to have a spare engine.

“At 3 a.m., if an engine breaks down, it’s good to have something on hand that you’re familiar with,” Schultz said.

Firefighters will undergo training on the new truck in the next few weeks and the new engine should be put into service right after the new year, Schultz said.

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