Thursday, Sept. 19 will be a special day for the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. Early that evening, its new tower truck is expected to arrive after being manufactured by Spartan Motors in Nebraska.

Matt Letts, fire company captain, said the truck is equipped with a 100-foot ladder and has pumping capabilities of2,000 gallons per minute. The truck cost $1.2 million andpayment is shared equally by Long Beach Township, Beach Haven and the company.