LYNN — The Fire Department recently started training on two new 2024 E-One Fire Engines.
The pumpers were an approximately $1.1 million investment in public safety, according to Public Information Officer Dennis Ring.
One of the pumpers was bought as part of a continuous program in which they buy new equipment to improve the apparatus every few years, and the other was bought with a grant designated by the city, he said.
One is being assigned to engine five on Fayette Street and the other is being assigned to engine three out of the Department’s headquarters on Western Avenue, Ring added.
Ring said the engine that the new pumper is replacing was introduced in 2009.
“So that engine is long overdue to be replaced and we’re very happy to be able to do that,” he added.
Ring said engine five is four years old and will be rotated to another engine company.
He said engines are looked at being replaced every 10 years, but have a lifespan of about 30 years. The oldest apparatus is engine nine, which was acquired in 2003.
“Between the roads and the constant going, the trucks do take a beating,” he said.
Ring said fire apparatus across the Commonwealth is typically updated within 10 to 20 years.
The department is also expecting a new ladder truck in 2025 from E-One Fire Trucks for Ladder Company 2.
