The truck is the city’s first all electric fire engine and only the second “Pierce Volterra” on service in the country.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Fire and Rescue is used to hooking up fire hydrants, and now some crews are learning to plug in. On Monday, they unveiled their first electric powered fire engine. The engine is the only one of its kind designed to protect firefighters.
The unveiling was treated just like any other new fire truck, as Portland Firefighters held what’s called a “Push In Ceremony,” that’s what they do when they release a new truck into its fleet. What makes this new engine different,
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