Fire dept. increases water supply with surplus fire truck

The Alice Echo News Journal

FREER, Texas — Freer Volunteer Fire Department received an excess military vehicle to convert into a firefighting apparatus through the DoD Firefighter Property Program implemented by Texas A&M Forest Service.

"We are out in a sparse area, and we didn't have sufficient water supply when fighting brush fires," Fire Chief James Finney said. "All we had was a small combination brush-tanker truck, and it couldn’t hold the water capacity we needed."

The truck will help increase efficiency in fighting fires for this spread out region, according to Regional Fire Coordinator Craig Olson.

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