Fire Department Donates Engines To Six Georgia Counties

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services donated a fire engine to Union County Sept. 24 at the Old Station 3 Fire Station on Highway 140. This is the first of six engines that are being donated to other counties in Georgia that currently have older engines in their department.

According to David Dyer, Fire Chief of Union County, “As are most rural fire departments, Union County is going through pains and is having to equip our volunteer fire stations with safe efficient reliable fire engines. We currently have a mid-1980s engine that is in critical need of replacing due to mechanical and safety issues. Your donation of this engine would allow us to provide our volunteers with an engine that would be safer and more reliable.”

Cherokee County Division Chief, Dean Floyd, said “These trucks are older trucks and we can no longer get parts for them. We are also trying to keep our fleet in line with the requirements by the International Organization for Standardization (IS0).”

The two men from Union County that picked up the engine Sept. 24 were really excited about getting that engine, added Floyd. The engine that Union County received was a 1996 E-1 Top Mount Pump Engine that was originally housed at Fire Station No. 1, located off Bells Ferry Road. It had nearly 90,000 miles on the odometer.

Lumpkin and Baker Counties will receive two engines and Lamar County will be receiving one engine for their fleet. The other five engines should be picked up sometime in October.