By Joy Hampton
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN, Okla. — The Norman Fire Department had a streak of bad luck, followed by good when two new Zodiac Swift Water Rescue boats were stolen and then recovered this weekend.
Two groups of Norman firefighters went to Alabama for a swift water rescue training this past week, taking two new rescue boats on a trailer which they pulled behind a fire department truck.
“When they were coming home Friday night, they stopped at West Memphis, Arkansas at a Day’s Inn Hotel around 5 p.m.,” acting Fire Chief Jim Bailey said.
When they woke up Saturday morning, the boats were gone. Fortunately, due to hotel security tapes and quick action by the police there, the boats and the trailer were recovered.
“My hat’s off to the West Memphis Police Department,” Bailey said.
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