Sand Springs firefighters and other City officials gathered Wednesday morning, Nov. 5, to dedicate the fire department’s new pumper truck – Engine 1. The 2008 Spartan Gladiator model was custom built by Crimson Fire Inc. of Brandon, SD.The new truck’s $408,047 cost s being funded by rural fire subscription fees that property owners located outside the city limits pay monthly to defray out-of-pocket expenses for fire responses.

The dedication also marked the retirement of the Fire Department’s Engine 3, a 1978 Pierce pumper truck that previously served as Engine 1 until the mid-1990s.

Following a dedication blessing by Rev. Dan Milford of First Presbyterian Church, Mayor Bob Walker formally dedicated the truck with the following resolution:

“The City of Sand Springs Fire Department would like to announce the retirement of Engine Company 3, Asset #701, and welcome new Engine Company 1, Asset #729.

“We would like to wish this apparatus and the personnel of Engine Company 1 a safe journey and the skills necessary to provide the best possible service to our visitors and the citizens of the City of Sand Springs.

“Formally placed into service this fifth day of November, 2008.”

Story taken from www.sandspringsok.org

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