BARTLETT — The town had as new state-of-the art aerial ladder fire truck, which should go into service as early as next week.
"It's a thing of beauty," Bartlett Fire Chief Pat Roberts said Tuesday. He explained the fire truck won't go into service until the firefighters have had an opportunity to train on it thoroughly.
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