Show Everybody Operates Co-Operates To Bring Good Fire Truck to Park Summit Cooperation of governmental agencies voluntary fire de departments departments departments de- de and a land developer were rewarded May by bythe bythe bythe the addition of a 1000 gallon tank pump truck to be used in Southern Summit fire fight fight- ing Tom Sullivan Park City's Fire Chief and Ben Ben Ben- Bircumshaw Bircumshaw Bircumshaw shaw Parleys Parley's Summit Fire Captain accepted the title to the 1952 military surplus 2 21 2 2 1 ton 6 by 6 truck from Paul of the Utah State Forestry Fire Control Department Department De Department De- De during a simple ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony last Thursday afternoon The acquisition of the much needed fire fighting apparatus was the result of a years year's I j joint 0 i n t efforts The Sum Summit m it County Commission budgeted to refurbish the former Air Force fire truck The Utah State Forestery and Fire Fir e Control Department De par t men t supervised the remodeling and furnished the new Hale pump which can deliver gallons s of water per minute with the two 1 2 1 1240 40 gallon 40 gallon capacity hoses and one 1 1 gallon 35 capacity capacity capacity cap cap- booster hose Sam Soter developer of Summit Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit Park is providing the two truck garage at Skyline to house the fire truck for the Parleys Parley's Summit Fire Department which has only had the 1927 Graham Brothers fire truck to answer fire calls in the immediate area Now it is possible to effectively effectively effectively effect effect- ively provide fire protection from Parleys Parley's Summit to Silver Silver Silver Sil Sil- ver Creek and and when needed will be used as nit auxiliary auxiliary pi e c ce e by by Park City's Fire Department If bids had been let out for new equipment the cost could have been around The actual cost of overhauling and painting the truck was 2180 the new pump cost was Dean Poulson of Utah tah State st te Forestry Fire Control Department Department Department De De- De- De supervised four in inmates inmates inmates in- in mates at t Utah State Prison in the mechanical and paint paintwork paintwork paintwork work and enabled us to h have ve such a fine piece of equipment for such a nominal fee So when you see the large white and red tank truck going down the highway you can feel proud of the men who helped to bring it here to help us keep Southern Summit County green |