The truck is equipped with 2000 litres of water and 80 litres of foam, and is capable of putting out 2900 litres a minute. The truck's highlight is a compressed air foam system, or CAFS.

Anthony Hatch, the senior instructor at the station is thrilled with the new equipment.

"The compressed air foam system is one of Australia's best firefighting appliances, it's state of the art. The truck has a built-in power system, so it's not run on a generator anymore," he said.

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NSW Minister for emergency services David Elliott came out to formally hand over the vehicle as part of a statewide boost to emergency services.

"This is a great day for Griffith. Not only is it a half a million dollar investment into safety, but it shows Fire and Rescue that we take their services seriously," Mr Elliott said.

"FRNSW do a great job in responding to a variety of emergencies across NSW so it is pleasing that the NSW Government has recognised the wonderful work they do."

Captain Danielle McKay was also impressed.

"I think it's a big benefit to the community, it's a privilege to have it ... it's lovely."

The Griffith Fire Station is the busiest station in the state to have no full-time staff, being entirely operated by volunteers. The station takes around 450 calls a year, so they're keen to have more modern equipment to handle the immense volume of calls they respond to.

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