By CBC News (Canada)
A Prince Edward Island village has managed to save itself more than $200,000 by buying a fire engine on the internet, sight unseen.
Fire Chief Dale MacDonald said he needed to replace the pumper truck in Victoria, about 30 kilometres east of Summerside. Chief Dale MacDonald says the truck performed perfectly on its first call.
He said he would likely never have found the used fire engine he was looking for if he hadn’t discovered the website for Firetec, a Vermont-based company that bills itself as America’s largest used fire truck dealer.
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