Port Aransas Fire Department is set to receive a fire truck on loan from Texas A&M Forest Service on Friday, Sept. 29 to temporarily replace one damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey devastated the Port Aransas Fire Department leaving it without a single fire truck and many of the firefighters have been dealing with damage to their own homes.
through an emergency vehicle loan, Texas A&M Forest Service is delivering a state owned fire truck to the Port Aransas Fire Department.
The fire truck was acquired though the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program and is kept on hand to be used in situations when fire departments suffer catastrophic equipment loss. The truck will help the fire department service the community until permanent equipment is in place.
Statewide 145 fire apparatus have been confirmed as damaged or destroyed. Twenty-four fire stations were completely destroyed and hundreds more have wind and water damage. Hundreds of sets of protective clothing, and pieces of equipment here damaged while responding to calls for assistance during the disaster.