Finding these rural departments and the equipment they have must be a double sided sword. One on side, you are happy to find these departments running so many classics, often relying on donated equipment from thier more fortunate brothers. On the other side, you must be saddened by the fact that they can not afford to buy any new equipment, let alone put fuel in the trucks, keep them insured and maintained.
The fine print on the FIRE ACT grants specifically tell the department that the rig they are replacing cannot be used for actual fire-fighting duties again. Oh sure, they can be donated to fire-science programs, used soley as training rigs, or even for collectors. These departments shown on this thread, and I'm sure they are everywhere in small towns in rural america can use these often relatively new trucks. Having a brush truck as your first out rig because the rest of the fleet is unreliable is really sad. Kudos go out to one, these departments who make do with whatever is within thier budget, and two, those departments that are willing to help out these smaller departments. Just my two cents.....
The fine print on the FIRE ACT grants specifically tell the department that the rig they are replacing cannot be used for actual fire-fighting duties again. Oh sure, they can be donated to fire-science programs, used soley as training rigs, or even for collectors. These departments shown on this thread, and I'm sure they are everywhere in small towns in rural america can use these often relatively new trucks. Having a brush truck as your first out rig because the rest of the fleet is unreliable is really sad. Kudos go out to one, these departments who make do with whatever is within thier budget, and two, those departments that are willing to help out these smaller departments. Just my two cents.....
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