There are certain places only Fire Truck 1 with San Luis Obispo City Fire can get to, and now it’s back in commission after some handy work in-house.

Fire Truck 1 began service in 2010 as a first-out vehicle able to reach places other vehicles in their fleet simply can’t, with its 100-foot ladder on display in fires like the Sub Fire in downtown San Luis Obispo in 2015.

“So this has a lot more maneuverability, the ability to carry more equipment and access higher buildings," Deputy Fire Chief Armando Gutierrez said.

But in 2023, it reached its recommended number of hours of service and with constant repairs and replacements already needed, the department had a decision to make: Replace it, send it out for repairs or fix it themselves.

“We were having a lot of mechanical issues over the

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