Trumbull career center gets firetruck for course

WARREN — For students in the public safety class at the Trumbull Career and Technical Center, having their own firetruck will improve their ability to learn the job of firefighter.

That will be possible because of a donation being made next week by the Warren Fire Department, which will be turning over a 1984 FMC (Food Machinery Corp.) firetruck the department no longer needs.

Warren Fire Chief Ken Nussle and Mayor Michael O’Brien will be on hand when the truck is turned over to the students Wednesday at the school.

“It’s a win-win,” Nussle said. “That vehicle has been obsolete, and it’s going to be a great training tool for them.”

Warren Fire Lt. Bill Gadd, an instructor of the two-year high-school course, said the truck will be the best piece of training equipment the school will own.

In the past, trucks from various locations have been loaned to the students for short periods of time, but they’ve never had their own, Gadd said.