Mike DeBernardo, Deseret News Ibapah, Tooele County, is on the west side of the Deep Creek Mountains. People who live there love the isolation, but sometimes being so far away can be a disadvantage, especially when it comes to fires.
The town of Ibapah received a big donation, which will help this isolated community when a fire breaks out.
There's only one paved road to get to town, which ends at the Goshute Indian Reservation just a few miles south.
Life is even tougher when there's a big wildfire burning nearby. Ibapah has a volunteer fire department, but they often have to call for help with those bigger fires.
The town has two brush trucks and a structure truck for fighting fires. However, fire hydrants are scarce for the 140 or so who live in Ibapah and the Goshute Reservation.
But, sure enough, during a ceremony in Wendover Friday, Henriod was handed the keys to a tinder fire truck capable of carrying 1,000 gallons of water.
"We are making a gift of our 1983 GMC FMC fire pumper truck," said Stuart Richardson. "The truck runs great."
Richardson is with the West Jordan Rotary Club. The club bought the truck to give to a small town in Mexico that one of the club's members was from, but too much red tape kept them from getting it across the border.
So, they found Ibapah.
"This truck only has 18,000 miles on it. It's going to work well for the Ibapah people for a long time to come," Richardson said.
The West Jordan and South Jordan fire departments also donated hoses, nozzles and turnout gear.