The Swedish-built $600,000 first response city fire appliance was delivered to the Dunedin Central fire station just before Christmas.
It was expected to hit the city's streets at the end of this month, once crews had completed training in it.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer Trevor Tilyard, of the Dunedin Central station, said the Scania pumping truck was equipped with all-new tiptronic automatic transmission, extra horse power, advanced braking systems, new water pumps and aluminium ladders, and better fuel economy.
People would notice the new paint job - incorporating the New Zealand Fire Service's "corporate blue" as well as the traditional red.
It was the brigade's first new vehicle in 10 years, at a time when most of its vehicles - which had a service life of 20 years - were approaching their "mid-life refit", he said.
One of the city's older appliances would be transferred to training use only.
