The volunteer firefighters at the Heretaunga Volunteer Fire Brigade are "rapt" to now be driving around a new truck for the first time in 15 years.
The brigade on Friday received a new rural fire truck.
Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officer Gordon Foster said they were vegetation fire specialists, and the new rural fire truck, with capacity for 1000 more litres of water, will make a difference.
Other than the obvious difference that the truck is yellow, it is also a lot higher off the ground, and a four-wheel drive suitable for off road jobs, he said.
Foster said the last new truck they had was when he was a volunteer for the brigade and the volunteers are "rapt as they would be".