A new, yellow firetruck has recently hit the streets in the Five Cities.

The tiller truck, which takes two people to drive, is the newest addition to the Five Cities Fire Authority's (FCFA) fleet.

“We haven't had a new fire truck in a long time,” Alice Rodriguez, a Five Cities resident, said. “Good on them for getting a new fire truck.”

This specific tiller isn’t here to stay.

FCFA is borrowing this one from the Ventura County Fire Department, which doesn’t need it anymore.

Now, firefighters are using it to get comfortable with the equipment before a brand-new tiller truck arrives on the Central Coast late next year.

“We've been operating obviously on a straight axle truck for many years,” FCFA Chief Scott Hallett said. “A lot of it is just getting all of our members comfortable and

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