The Sibley Fire Department and Webster Parish Fire Protection District No. 2 have a brand new tanker pumper to add to their fleet. Fire Chief Tommy Kelly said he is proud of the truck because it adds another 3,000 gallons of water to the fleet.
Fire Chief Tommy Kelly said he is proud of the truck because it adds another 3,000 gallons of water to the fleet. "It's replacing a 1984 truck," he said. "It's a pumper with six attack lines (hoses). It's a first class truck."
The truck cost about $280,000, and was paid for through an ad valorem tax for District 2. Kelly and District 2 Board President Brent Hunt said the Sibley Fire Department and WPFD 2 have an agreement in which the Sibley Fire Department covers District 2. The ad valorem tax is a 10-year tax that started with 10 mills, Hunt said, but this year it has dropped to six, which brings in about $70,000 per year.