Typically, old Aliquippa equipment and fire apparatus are stripped of elements useful to the department and scrapped. That, officials assumed, would be the fate of the 26-year-old truck.
Plans changed when members of the department learned about a New Jersey-based group that refurbishes old fire equipment and donates it to departments in the Dominican Republic.
It seemed like a good idea to help others in need, so Foringer and his fellow firefighters began making plans.
He reached out to Mayor Dwan Walker and eventually to the city council. Members approved Foringer’s motion, giving the all clear for the department to donate the truck from the city as a whole.