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New fire truck ready to go

Last Monday night was the end of a long wait for Station 2 of Wallace District Fire & Rescue in Elkhorn. An order placed in February of this year for a new fire truck was finally delivered.

Last Monday night was the end of a long wait for Station 2 of Wallace District Fire & Rescue in Elkhorn. An order placed in February of this year for a new fire truck was finally delivered. Lance Spencer, the regional manager for Fort Garry Fire Trucks told us that a build takes anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months. “Once we get all the parts in…we’d rather take a bit longer and make sure everything is just right”. Spencer went on to tell us that some stations have waited over a year for their order to be delivered and that our order here at Wallace District was ahead of schedule. “I’m really proud of how the team and everything came together” said Spencer “It was nice to get it here in November as an early Christmas gift”.

Smiles were worn by everyone as the crew each had an opportunity to test out the truck in one aspect or another. Chief Brad Yochim was the first one to test the motorized hose located at the front of the truck. “I love this” Yochim said with a grin as he put the new machine through a series of maneuvers.

“We haven’t gotten a new truck since 2005” Yochim explained, “and that truck is housed in Virden [at Station 1]”. The last time Station 2 received a new truck was 24 years ago in 1992. This new truck is running new modern equipment including LED lights both inside and out, tanks that hold one thousand gallons of water and forty gallons of foam. The only thing left that needs to be added Yochim states is some tool mounts, but that won’t keep them from putting the truck into service. “As of tonight, it’s ready to go”

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