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Friday, 14 August 2009 |
A fire started in some
grasslands near a farm. The county fire department was called to put out the
fire. The fire was more than the county fire department could handle. Someone
suggested that a nearby volunteer bunch be called. Despite some doubt that the
volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made.
The
volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled straight toward
the fire, drove right into the middle of the flames, and stopped. The volunteers
jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions.
Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two
easily controlled parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed
with the volunteer fire department's work and so grateful that his farm had been
spared, that right there on the spot he presented the volunteers with a check
for $1,000. A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the
department planned to do with the funds.
"That ought to be obvious, " he
responded, wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're gonna do is get the
brakes fixed on our fire truck!"
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