A local fire department breathes new life into an old fire truck that was once headed for the scrap heap. Clallam County is donating an aging fire engine to a city in Mexico. According to myclallamcounty.com, the fire truck will continue its long history of battling blazes, rescuing victims and saving lives, in Guanajuato, Mexico.
The 1991 Pierce engine started its long life of service in the city of Port Angeles. Then in 2011, the Port Angeles Fire Department donated it to Clallam Two Fire Rescue. For years, it served as a reserve engine for both Port Angeles and Clallam County. But after more than three decades in service, the truck no longer meets federal standards for first-response emergency vehicles in the United States.
Clallam County originally planned to scrap the retired fire engine. The plan was to use it for replacement parts on other emergency vehicles. Then Clallam Two Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Denton learned about a program called โHero Saver.โ Thatโs a Washington-based organization founded by a captain at the East Olympia Fire Department.
