The brotherhood knows no boundaries—not even geological ones.
Following a three-alarm fire last October in which the department “lost everything,” the Washington Park (IL) Fire Department is celebrating an incredibly generous donation of two fire engines from a PA department.
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There were no injuries in the fire, but the village didn’t have insurance or the resources to replace the losses, reports bnd.com.
A fire has damaged the Washington Park Fire Department. The department has lost some equipment and is asking if fire departments have any of the following spare items to donate:
— Office of Illinois State Fire Marshal (@ILFireMarshal) October 27, 2021
1 ½” hose
2 ½” hose
3″ hose
4″ hose
Bunker Gear
ISI SCBA masks
SCBAs
Contact: (618) 874-2101
Then, earlier this month—on perhaps the worst day to hear good news, April Fool’s Day—department officials learned that the Elk Lake (PA) Volunteer Fire Company had plans to donate two fire trucks: a red 1987 Pierce pumper and a blue and white 1989 rescue, the report says.
The donation gives the department, which covers three communities comprising about 2,500-3,000 people, a four-truck fleet.
The PA department found its IL counterpart in a roundabout manner; Elk Lake originally looked to donate to a tornado-ravaged KY department but found no takers. Word got around and eventually the two departments connected, the report says.
