Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue to acquire first electric fire truck in the state

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue (BCFR)received funding from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to get its first electric fire truck.
NMED awarded BCFR $417,718 in grant funding to partially reimburse $1,829,973 in project costs to replace a 1991 Engine Model Year diesel-fueled Class 8, Pierce Dash fire engine, with a Pierce Volterra battery electric fire engine that does not produce any tailpipe emissions."We look