Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose and Chief of Fire Rufus L. Jackson took part in a ceremony marking the donation of an aerial fire truck to the Dominican Republic.

The ceremony took place Thursday at Firehouse Engine 10 on Clinton Avenue.

They were joined by members of the Newark Municipal Council in making the donation to Juan Aquino, an official from San Jose de Los Llanos, a municipality of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.

The 1987 Emergency One truck is a 110-foot aerial ladder valued at $10,000. The Newark Fire Division’s donation includes equipment, including harnesses, generators, rope, coats, pants, boots, attack hose and supply hose.