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Reaching a fire goal

For the first time in almost 10 years, the Costa Mesa Fire Department has a tiller truck, capable of extending a ladder 100 feet to people who need to be rescued.

The truck, a nearly $1-million investment by the city funded through long-term financing with the company that built the vehicle, will complement the city’s other ladder truck.

The 58-foot-long rig has a 100-foot ladder, which, at a 45-degree angle for rescues, can save people seven or eight stories up in a burning building, firefighters said.

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The truck replaces an older quint truck that had a cracking, unstable ladder that had been out of commission for some time.

— Joseph Serna


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