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Innovative rigs can come in all shapes and sizes and often with very different intended purposes for which they were acquired. In our Innovative Rigs on the Street series so far we have reviewed three pumpers, one CAFS equipped pumper, a tractor drawn aerial ladder and a brush unit designed to operate in the urban interface.

With only about six weeks between the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis and the Interschutz international show in Leipzig, Germany, which is arguably the largest fire show in the world, some manufacturers were saving their big unveilings for the show in Germany, which happens only every five years.

The Citizens Fire Company #1 in Lebanon County, PA, operates from a single fire station located in the Borough of Palmyra. The station is located at 21 North College St. and is under the command of Chief Dave Dugan. Company 1 protects approximately 7,200 residents in the borough as well as the areas within North Londonderry Township. The station responded to 711 calls during 2009, including runs with neighboring Lebanon County departments in Campbelltown and Annville as well as the Hershey Fire Department in nearby Dauphin County.