WATCH LAKE – NORTH GREEN LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
R.R. #1, SITE 1, COMP. 4C, 70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. V0K 2K0
For immediate release:
The Watch Lake – North Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department recently welcomed a new addition to their fleet of emergency vehicles. This vehicle, a 2006 Freightliner with an inline six-cylinder Mercedes Benz engine, has a 1700 gallon tank and the crew has now mounted a three-way dump valve to the rear to facilitate rapid filling and emptying of water. After adding emergency lights, radio, lettering and equipment lockers it was ready to enter service.
Association President, Roy Allan, says, “this unit will replace one of the much older trucks that are becoming very expensive for us to maintain. It has a larger capacity than the older tenders and can be filled, emptied and make the return trip from water to fire and back much more quickly. Even though most of our residents live close to lakeshores there is always a problem in getting enough water from the lake to a fire. In addition, we must continually search for ways to upgrade our fleet in order to attain the standards set by the insurance underwriters”.
Allan added that the Department is grateful for the financial assistance provided by the partial funding from a BC Lotteries gaming grant, a very generous donation by the Fire Department’s Auxiliary and a $5000.00 grant from the CRD through our local area representative, Bruce Rattray. The Watch Lake – North Green Lake VFD operates entirely on the annual fire dues paid by the area property owners and any new equipment must be funded from other sources.
