Our long awaited new Vacuum Tanker has arrived at the Worthington Fire Station!
You may recall that we voted at a Special Town meeting to appropriate $80,000 towards the purchase in the hopes of receiving a Fiscal Year 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Fortunately we were successful in our grant request and were awarded $262,781 toward the total cost of $342, 930 for the tanker. Special thanks to Michael Dondiego for doing a great job on the grant writing.
The new tanker will allow the firefighers to load water much more quickly and in greater amounts to then transport to a fire scene.
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