For less than the price of a used Toyota Corolla, the Fall River Fire Department acquired a vital new emergency vehicle that Chief Jeffrey Bacon said “will save lives.”

Inspired by the tragedy of the Gabriel House assisted living facility fire, the department at its headquarters on Commerce Drive unveiled what it’s calling Recall 1: a support vehicle intended to carry extra equipment and, most importantly, refill empty air canisters right at a fire scene.

The truck itself cost just $15,000 — but the United Way of Greater Fall River and the Ida S. Charlton Charity Fund presented the department with a check for $112,500, a grant intended to make sure firefighters are better equipped to fight a catastrophe like Gabriel House.

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