CRANBERRY TWP — The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company will upgrade one of its oldest fire engines – two years from now.

At a Thursday meeting, the township’s board of supervisors approved the purchase of a 2024 Pierce Engine through the COSTARS contract program for $750,742. The engine will replace the department's existing 1989 FMC engine, Engine 21-3, in 2024.

Township manager Dan Santoro said the department’s fire apparatus plan calls for the 1989 engine’s replacement in 2024.

“That vehicle has been around for quite some time, and it is time to replace that engine,” he said. “In talking with Chief (Scott) Garing and the fire company, and working, they know that based on what’s going on in the world, firetruck orders are essentially 24 months out, or two years out.”

The advance nature of the order is intended to make sure the vehicle is ready in two years when the plan says the old engine’s time is up.

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