A total of seven volunteer fire departments in Aiken County (SC) received new T-Style tanker trucks, reports postandcourier.com; they are Eureka, Silver Bluff, New Holland, Hollow Creek, Windsor, Monetta, and Salley.
Windsor, Salley, and Hollow Creek’s apparatus are already in service, the report says.
Salley officials say that on nearly every call a crew member has to drive the apparatus back to get more water when it runs out. The new tanker has double the capacity—3,000 gallons.
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The purchase was funded through Capital Project Sales Tax IV, voter-approved in November 2018. Included in the county’s share of the proceeds was $1.55 million for the purchase of tankers, which cost $240,000 each, according to the report.
