Pictured below is Hamden Mayor Scott D. Jackson and Fire Chief David Berardesca with the Fire Department's new Smeal 100-foot aerial platform truck. The new truck replaces a 1991 aerial platform truck. The department's back-up apparatus, a 1990 ladder truck, will be in service until fire personnel complete driver and operational training. The new truck will serve the citizens of Hamden for many years and is a welcome and needed addition, Berardesca said.