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Conn. fire dept. donates fire truck to Ecuador

The 1980 engine will be loaded with firefighting and EMS equipment

By Julie Weisberg
The East Haven Patch

EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Carmine Riccitelli had a very special delivery to make on Monday. And the important task took the longtime East Haven firefighter from here along the Connecticut shoreline all the way down the coast to the bustling piers of the Port of Baltimore.

The good news: the delivery was successfully made. The bad news: Riccitelli was now going to need a ride back home.

That’s because the vehicle he drove from East Haven to the busy eastern seaboard port — a 1980 Ford Emergency One fire engine — was left behind so it could sail on down to its new home in the Imbabura Province of Ecuador.

Full story: East Haven fire engine heads to new home in Ecuador