Twin Valley firefighters call it 'The Beast.'
"It's new to us. It's a 1968 Kaiser five ton. We designated it as 69-3. It's got a 600 gallon tank," Fire Chief Tom Hornberger told WFMZ.
Recently acquired from the Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Hornberger said the department needed it as well as the wildland tools as the calls for brush fires rise.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.