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Lake Sweetwater VFD receives new brush fire truck |
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Written by Staff Reports
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
Members of the Lake Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department have a new fire truck. The truck designed and built by Steele Manufacturing of Haskell, Texas is a state of the art fire truck, whose primary use will be to battle range fire. Grass fires are the most prevalent in the department’s primary area of first response. The new truck has a foam system, front end ground nozzles, two side slots which provides protected areas for firemen, a flow meter and a long extension hose with mechanical retract reel.
The truck was purchased with a grant from the Texas Forestry Service, with assistance from the Big Country Resource, Conservation, Development Board, and some local funding through the department. It is the first new truck the department has had in its 27 year history. It will replace a 1962 fire truck the department acquired from the Sweetwater Fire Department in 1987. The 20 member department is the first responder for most of northeast Nolan County including all areas around Lake Sweetwater, FM 1856 and FM 2035.
Kathy Arrant, one of the three female volunteer firemen in the department, best expressed the membership’s general feeling by saying “Wow”! Other members, while observing the operational instructions from Mr. Steele, were mostly concerned about being able to remember all the bells and whistles of the new truck. Fire Chief John Luckey assured the membership that training sessions will be held to familiarize members with the operation of the new truck. And as one fireman quipped “It is like Christmas in February.” |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 February 2010 )
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