News Release from: Hillsboro Fire and Rescue
HILLSBORO FIREFIGHTERS WAVE GOODBYE TO TRUSTY E101
Posted: June 7th, 2012 4:56 PM
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Hillsboro firefighters waved goodbye to a trusty companion Thursday afternoon--Engine 101. Western States Apparatus, long since out of business, built the engine in 1984. It has served Hillsboro Fire and Rescue and Washington County Fire District 2 since then, first as a front line fire engine and, more recently, as a reserve engine. The City of Hillsboro donated the engine to the Carlton Rural Fire Protection District. It will be housed at a new substation the Yamhill County organization is finishing up in the western part of its district. In its new role, it will once again be a front line fire engine.
Hillsboro Fire and Rescue has provided other small, rural fire organizations with equipment that has reached a point where it would no longer withstand the rigorous daily demands of a suburban fire department's call volume. In the rural settings, older fire engines are often a valuable asset that the organizations would otherwise be unable to afford.
For more information on Hillsboro Fire and Rescue or on fire and life safety issues, visit www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/fire or call 503-681-6166.
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E101 to Carlton 9948.jpg --Hillsboro Fire Engineer Mike Banta (r) shows Carlton Fire Chief Terry Lucich some of the features of E101 before Carlton firefighters drove it to its new home.
E101 to Carlton 9966.jpg - Hillsboro Fire Engineer Mike Banta (on engine) discusses operational features of E101 with Carlton Fire Chief Terry Lucich. Hillsboro Fire and Rescue donated the 1984 fire engine to the rural fire district for use at its new western substation where it will be a front line fire engine after serving as a reserve for HFD.
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