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3/1/2005
CTY firetruck28p A -- Toledo Mayor Jack Ford, left, and City Councilman Bob McClosky look at a new aerial ladder truck at the fire station at Consaul and Front streets in East Toledo during a press conference Monday, 02/28/05. The Blade/Andy Morrison
CTY firetruck28p A -- Toledo Mayor Jack Ford, left, and City Councilman Bob McClosky look at a new aerial ladder truck at the fire station at Consaul and Front streets in East Toledo during a press conference Monday, 02/28/05. The Blade/Andy Morrison

Mayor Jack Ford and Councilman Bob McCloskey get a good look at the fire department's new ladder truck. It was unveiled at a news conference yesterday at the fire station at Consaul and Front streets in East Toledo. The $610,000 truck has a 95-foot-long platform and can hold 1,500 gallons of water. The department now has six ladder trucks in its fleet.