Greeley Fire Truck 101 and Truck 107 Push-In Ceremony

Hunter Evans Photo © / Evans Emergency Photography

On March 24th, 2026 the Greeley Fire Department (GFD) welcomed two new apparatus into frontline service, marking the end of an era for Greeley. The City of Greeley was protected with Pierce’s first Velocity chassis Tractor Drawn Aerial for 17 years. The Tractor Drawn Aerial was designed to navigate the tightest of streets and is often referred to as the “dream” for firefighters to be assigned to, from riding in the cab to steering the tiller (trailer) this apparatus holds countless memories and life saving responses within each seat. In its place is a 2025 Pierce Velocity 107′ Ascendant rear mount aerial at Station 1 and a twin at Station 7. The city will operate three ladder companies until mid 2026 when a Heavy Rescue arrives and will be operated out of Station 5, spreading the support companies out through the city and allowing for quick response no matter the incident location. These ladder companies will double as support companies and engine companies, with the quint concept, behind the cab is a 1500 GPM Pierce PUC pump, that allows this apparatus to function without having to dispatch an engine to every call to ensure suppression capability.

Citizens and firefighters gathered to watch the former Ladder 101 raise the aerial and use the master stream to wet-down Truck 101, symbolizing the historical transfer of water from the old apparatus to the new apparatus. After such was completed, everyone acquired complimentary GFD towels and dried the apparatus off before inspecting the truck and ensuring it was ready for service. Once deemed ready for service, firefighters pushed the new aerial into the station and the apparatus was blessed by a religious leader from the community, praying over the responders who will ride in these apparatus and the apparatus themselves for the lives they will be a part of saving. After the blessing was completed the Weld County Regional Communications Center gave a tribute to Ladder 101, placing it officially out of service and acknowledged Truck 101 as in service at 15:33.

Truck 107 was placed in service, privately with the crew of Station 7 performing the same rituals at Station 7 prior to the ceremony. Firefighters from both companies expressed the excitement for being assigned to these truck companies and bets were made as to which truck would be catching the first fire.