May 24, 2006

Department purchases parade truck

       White River Township Fire Department took delivery of a "new" truck today with the arrival of a 1952 Dodge pumper.  The truck was purchased with contributions from the department's local union members.  The truck will eventually be restored to look similar to the department's first real fire engine, a 1954 Dodge.  Several of the union members had been looking for a similar truck for years and finally came across something close.  The price was right and the union voted to make the purchase.  The truck will be used for parades and other similar functions when it is complete, which is however not expected for several years.  "It will be a work in progress", said Captain Kevin Skipper, who spearheaded the project.  "It will take time and money, and we'll get there, just not overnight", he added.  The truck was purchased from a junk yard in South Dakota and shipped on the back of a flatbed truck.
 
   

          
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