Watertown (NY) FD to Borrow Pumper for Six Months

The Watertown Fire Department, 224 South Massey Street. Watertown, NY. (Source: Watertown Fire Department Facebook page)

The Watertown Fire Department is in need of a pumper due to one reserve engine needing repair and the other needing to be replaced, wwnytv.com reported.

The city council unanimously approved an agreement Monday night that would allow the Black River Fire Department to loan the city an engine, the report said. The loan would be for up to six months for $5, the report said.

The city will look for a replace one rig and repair the other, according to the report.

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