The Napa City Fire Department has a new fire engine geared for wildland firefighting, thanks to a federal grant.

The Type II Engine, built by Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisc., is smaller and more agile than traditional engines. Its size makes it useful for fighting fire in the eastern and western borders of the city, where structures and brush are close and the terrain is uneven, according to the department.

It can travel off road to fight brush fires and is capable of fighting fire while it is moving.

The engine has upgrades, however, that make it capable of fighting structure fires, as well.

A $220,000 grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid most of the $275,000 price tag for the engine. The city paid 20 percent with $55,000 from its Fire Apparatus and Replacement Fund.

Firefighters will spend the next several weeks training with the new engine. It will go into operation by the beginning of the new year.