News Herald
BRISTOL, Fla. — A handful of rural fire departments in the state have seen an equipment infusion.
The Florida Forest Service allocated $11.2 in federal surplus equipment to rural fire departments in 2014. The city of Bristol volunteer Fire Department was the only area department to receive equipment this year, receiving a 3-kilowatt generator and a draft pump.
Surplus equipment can include surplus military items like former four-wheel drive cargo trucks that can be converted for fire department uses. The Concord and Havana volunteer departments in Gadsden County each received cargo trucks and used them to rescue seven people during Dec. 27 flooding event on the Ochlocknee River.
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