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As their brand new fire truck rolled into the Sweet Home Fire Station yard last week, normally stoic firefighters had trouble restraining their enthusiasm.

"Wow, that's real good!"

"Phenomenal!"

"It's beautiful!"

The object of their admiration was the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District's newest acquisition, a Rosenbauer Timberwolf Urban Interface Pumper which, Fire Chief Nick Tyler said, will serve both as a pumper for structural fires as well as be able to respond to off-road, wildland fires.

The truck carries 750 gallons of water, said Jonathan Brunton, a sales representative for...