Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POTTSVILLE — Backing a 59-foot-long aerial truck into Pottsville Fire Co. No. 1 for the first time might have been a challenge.

Tom Shand & Michael Wilbur share the lessons learned that a fire department applied to its specification of upgrades to its apparatus contingent.

It took about 33 months to build and get right, but the Ephrata Fire Department received its newest fire apparatus – fire ...