Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 18, 1993 TAG: 9308180059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Dwayne Yancey
DATELINE: PAINT BANK LENGTH: Short
In Paint Bank's case, that means not one, but two fire trucks donated from New Jersey companies.
Besides the Bruce Springsteen-related fire truck from Freehold, N.J., Paint Bank also recently received another pumper from Sea Bright, N.J.
The Sea Bright connection? That town's police chief recently retired to Paint Bank and arranged for his old town to donate a surplus truck.
That gives the Craig County community five trucks, one more than it needs, so Paint Bank plans to sell the Sea Bright truck - and make some much-needed money.
The buyer likely will be some fire company looking for a show truck, not a work truck. The last time Paint Bank sold an aging vehicle, says Fire Department President Ernie Palmer, the buyer was a Northern Virginia fire company, which fixed up the truck specifically to enter in parades.
"They spent more fixing up that truck that we have in our whole treasury," Palmer says.
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