Wears Valley (TN) Gifted a Fire Truck to Replace One Lost in Wildland Fire

The Wears Valley (TN) Fire Department was given a fire truck to replace one lost in a wildfire last year, according to a report published by WVLT News 8.

The report said the truck was delivered from the Community Fire Department in Belmont, NC, on Friday. Firefighters in Belmont had promised to donate the 1999 American LaFrance to Wears Valley when their new truck was delivered and they made good on the promise, the report said.

The apparatus has a 1,000-gallon tank and a 1,500-gpm pump, the report said.

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The firehouse opened to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The district also held a wet down of its new heavy rescue truck.

Wethersfield (CT) Firefighter Who Died Battling Berlin Brush Fire Was ‘Heroic,’ Gov. Says

Gov. Ned Lamont ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a Wethersfield firefighter who died fighting a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.