The Middle Point Fire Department made the following Facebook post Monday, Feb. 5:
A push-in ceremony was held at Middle Point Fire & EMS Sunday, Feb. 4 for two new pieces of equipment.
Engine 81 is a 2024 FB94 Spartan pumper built by Fouts Brothers in Milledgeville, Georgia. EMT Unit 88 is built on a Ford F450 chassis with a Medix MSV2 body built in Elkhart, Indiana.
Both units have an expected service life of 20 years.
Middle Point volunteer firefighters have spent the last few weeks doing the final outfitting work of Unit 88 in their spare time installing radios and installing other miscellaneous equipment getting it ready to put in service. Both pieces are now ready to respond to the area’s needs.
The Middle Point Fire Department has 32 volunteer firefighters. In 2023, the department responded to 288 calls for service to citizens of six townships and two hospitals and the communities within those townships along with numerous calls for mutual aid from surrounding communities.
