BONNERS FERRY - The snap and hiss of a fire, smoke billowing up from a place that it is not wanted. That is the time when the familiar wailing of an approaching fire truck's siren is a welcomed sound. In Boundary County, however, there are places that even a fire truck may not be able to reach.
Enter the Type 4 Wildland Engine, a Light Medium Terrain Vehicles that South Boundary Fire Protection District has in their lineup of fire protection vehicles. The monstrous six wheel drive was formerly a military vehicle. It is a five ton truck made by Stewart and Stevenson, originally used for military crew transport.
South Boundary has recently received a second version of this vehicle. The original one has proved its usefulness time and again against fires, as well as amazing people with its sheer size, in parades and the Boundary County Fair.