The Pelham Fire Department’s Rescue 1 will soon be a Little Burnt—which is a good thing, in this case.
In lieu of the scrapyard, the fire truck is being donated to the Little Burnt Bay community.
The fire truck, packed with equipment from myriad neighboring departments, will make the 30-hour drive and then take an eight-hour ferry trip to its new home. Little Burnt Bay is a coastal community in Newfoundland with a population of about 350 people.
Fort Erie, Haldimand County, Lincoln, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, St Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet, and Welland all donated equipment, according to a report in thestar.com. The donated equipment includes SCBA gear, rapid intervention team packs, 70 lengths of 50-foot hose, hose nozzles and valves, extrication tools, helmets, bunker gear, CPR training mannequins, and more.
Officials say Fort Erie sent a pumper to Newfoundland last year, and Pelham has made a similar donation to a northern Ontario department as well as sent supplies to Ukraine, the report notes.