Members of the City of Corbin FD Get New Engine

The Corbin Fire Department announced the addition of a new fire engine to its fleet. The department has purchased a 2022 Spartan FC94. South East Apparatus custom built the apparatus to specifications designed by the fire department. This is the first new fire apparatus purchase since 2001, and it will be replacing a 1998 EOne demo model truck. The new engine has 450 horsepower; a 1,500-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon watertank; and custom graphics. It is named Engine 2, and will serve the citizens of the city of Corbin betterwith its updated technology. The hoses are longerand its pump system is loaded with a foam technology that assists putting out fires quicker, automatic equipment that regulates itself in comparison to the old engine which an operatorhad to do manually. The project in addition to some new equipment cost about $465,000 and has taken about 14 months from design to the final stages.

- Submitted by Nathan Kirby