According to Sullivan Assistant Chief Kyle Robertson, the Richwoods Fire Protection District took possession of the 1991 GMC pumper truck after the truck became surplus equipment in the Sullivan Fire District. The district received a new pumper in May.

The Sullivan Fire Protection District Board of Directors voted unanimously in their October meeting to sell the surplus truck to neighboring Richwoods for a symbolic one dollar price.

"We put the software in all eight stations and practiced for eight weeks and got input and opinions and made other adjustments," he added. "That beta-tested it for us."

Besides capturing data they don't have to input anymore, taking a photo of injuries and accidents, the new software has a wireless keyboard and can even dictate at a hospital. "We can transfer cardiac data to the cloud," Ashley said.

They transfer data to other devices and can even access Siri.

"It's a learning curve, including a re-send for corrections," Miller said. "Once we're in the field, we're making it better."

“The truck and the slip-on unit are replacing an older, maintenance-troubled truck that the department built many years ago,” said West Lake Limestone VFD Fire Chief Allen McWhirter. “The new truck will take the older truck’s number. We appreciate having a vehicle equipped with a slip-on unit that includes a 500-gallon water tank and has foam capability.”

A slip-on unit is designed to become a fast, initial-attack firefighting unit. It is used in wildland firefighting as well as structure and auto fires and is a complete, self-contained firefighting apparatus designed for a pickup truck or custom-built vehicle platform.