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Show L '''"""r';;.-- .... ' ;': - ' ; - ' ,,,,.. r I), " ' -" ' " '- I NEW TRUCK Firemen gather around new with high powered pumping capacity and truck purchased recently. Truck is diesel will assist firemen in firefighting chores. ESew Fire Truck Purcliosed Fr PI. Grove City Firefighters Pleasant Grove City Fire Department De-partment has recently purchased purchas-ed a new fire truck. It is a 1953 Crown Fire Truck, with a rebuilt Cummins Diesel engine and a new high pressure water pump. This truck was purchased at a Salt Lake City firm, and will help the Fire Department better bet-ter serve the community. Other equipment used by the Fire Department are an American Amer-ican LaFrance fire truck with a 500-gallon water tank, a Dodge 4-wheel drive fire truck with a 200 gallon water tank, a tanker truck with a 1,200 gallon water tank with 2 water pumps for fighting fires, and a four-wheel drive Jeep with a hand Indian pump and extra gas for the trucks. Also purchased lately were four air packs to allow firemen fire-men to get into a burning bull-ding bull-ding for rescues, and for getting get-ting to the fire to minimize property damage by water. At the present time there are 24 regular firemen and 5 old-timers old-timers giving a total of 29 firemen. fire-men. These men give their time to be present for any situation that might arise and are always ready to go when needed. If you have ever been downtown down-town when a fire has occurred, you will have seen how fast these men really are. It is less than two minutes after a call when the fire trucks have left the station. All citizens should give the firemen a vote of thanks for the job they do, and for the service they give the community. commun-ity. All firemen also, eshould be proud of the job they are doing |