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Jul 09 2008
By John Leggett-The Courier-Herald
During one of their shortest meetings in recent memory (56 minutes), members of the Buckley City Council approved a feel-good ordinance aimed at being mutually beneficial to a pair of local agencies.
The Buckley Fire Department recently took possession of a new, $360,000 fire engine, but was aware there is not space in the Cedar Avenue firehouse to accommodate the city's 1983, 1997 and 2008 fire engines.
That is where the Greenwater Fire District comes into play. The department has two stations - one along state Route 410 and one within the Crystal Village neighborhood - and was one engine short.
With the addition of the new rig, Buckley's oldest fire engine “would have just been sitting outside, exposed to the elements,” Fire Chief Alan Predmore said.
“This is a case of two fire districts working together to solve one another's headaches,” he said, explaining that Buckley will be loaning Greenwater its 1983 truck.
Predmore makes it clear that the three-year agreement is just a loan.
“If one of our trucks ever goes down temporarily, the agreement clearly states that we have the option of going back up there and retrieving the 1983 until either our 1997 or 2008 engine is back in commission,” he said. “That way, we will always have two functioning trucks at our disposal. We sometimes need two at the same moment this time of year, when everything starts drying out and there is more of a hazard of blazes popping up beginning very soon.”
The Greenwater department has agreed to insure the 25-year-old fire engine while the loan is in effect and pay for required maintenance. Additionally, Greenwater must return the truck in reasonably good condition, showing only normal wear and tear, use it only for its intended purpose and not loan it to any other fire district.
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from: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ech/news/35970444.html
Jul 09 2008
By John Leggett-The Courier-Herald
During one of their shortest meetings in recent memory (56 minutes), members of the Buckley City Council approved a feel-good ordinance aimed at being mutually beneficial to a pair of local agencies.
The Buckley Fire Department recently took possession of a new, $360,000 fire engine, but was aware there is not space in the Cedar Avenue firehouse to accommodate the city's 1983, 1997 and 2008 fire engines.
That is where the Greenwater Fire District comes into play. The department has two stations - one along state Route 410 and one within the Crystal Village neighborhood - and was one engine short.
With the addition of the new rig, Buckley's oldest fire engine “would have just been sitting outside, exposed to the elements,” Fire Chief Alan Predmore said.
“This is a case of two fire districts working together to solve one another's headaches,” he said, explaining that Buckley will be loaning Greenwater its 1983 truck.
Predmore makes it clear that the three-year agreement is just a loan.
“If one of our trucks ever goes down temporarily, the agreement clearly states that we have the option of going back up there and retrieving the 1983 until either our 1997 or 2008 engine is back in commission,” he said. “That way, we will always have two functioning trucks at our disposal. We sometimes need two at the same moment this time of year, when everything starts drying out and there is more of a hazard of blazes popping up beginning very soon.”
The Greenwater department has agreed to insure the 25-year-old fire engine while the loan is in effect and pay for required maintenance. Additionally, Greenwater must return the truck in reasonably good condition, showing only normal wear and tear, use it only for its intended purpose and not loan it to any other fire district.
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from: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ech/news/35970444.html