The Goreville Fire Department celebrated the addition of a new fire truck Friday. The gently-used truck comes from Winnetka City Fire Department, just north of Chicago. The department also sold Goreville walkie-talkies, turnout equipment, a generator, and an almost new set of extrication equipment.
Goreville Fire Chief Ken Swisher says it only cost the department $10,000, which is much less than its value.
"A truck like this and everything on it would have cost us way over $100,000. We don't have that kind of money. It would have taken years to get that much money...so we could afford the $10,000," says Swisher.
The new fire truck will eventually go to a new subdivision outside Goreville called "The Peninsula."