On Sunday, members of the Delmar department made the trip to Waterloo and were given the keys to a 1986 pumper truck.
“Our old truck has issues,” said Delmar Fire Chief Ray Cantrell. “It was going to cost us $15,000 to $16,000 to repair, and we just don’t have that kind of money.
“We just barely have enough money to pay the bills. We’re having fundraisers every month to get by on,” he said.
Kavich learned of the department’s issues through a chance meeting with a Delmar firefighter and his wife at a Florence restaurant.