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Tanker trucks can carry up to 3,000 gallons of water to an emergency site.[/caption]
Harris County Emergency Services District 29—which does business under the name Champions ESD— plans to open a second fire station by the end of 2019 and has purchased a $300,000 tanker truck for use in areas without fire hydrants.
The new 3,000-gallon capacity tanker will be housed at the fire station on Champion Forest Drive until the second station opens on Cutten Road, Fire Chief Dan Shelor said.
Champions ESD serves a 7.8-square-mile area between Stuebner Airline and Cutten roads.
The second fire station will help reduce response times near Hwy. 249, where population growth has been strongest, Shelor said.
