Nagoya has contracted Nakanihon Automotive College in Sakahogi, Gifu Prefecture, to repair a Mercedes-Benz firetruck from 1935 in its possession.
Teachers and students from the college will begin work this spring to make the truck usable again.
According to the Nagoya Fire Department, the truck is 9.5 meters long and has a four-section ladder that can be extended to 30 meters. It is one of only three such firetrucks imported to Japan in 1935.