_ “They came in a hurry,” Fire Chief Ron Patten said of the new Hurst tools the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Department bought to replace the 50-year-old ones. Purchased the first week of August, the …
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“They came in a hurry,” Fire Chief Ron Patten said of the new Hurst tools the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Department bought to replace the 50-year-old ones. Purchased the first week of August, the new extrication tools form a set—a Cutter to cut, a Ram to spread twisted metal, and a Spreader to make larger openings—plus a plug-in cord if the new battery operated tools run out of juice. The new tools were made possible for the department through donations and fundraising from many sources, including Martino’s fundraisers, three gun raffles and just one chicken feed, with the chicken feed for this year being cancelled due to COVID-19. Along with several private donors, each of the three municipalities in the Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire Department chipped in an additional $5,000 to the total cost of the equipment, saved over two years. Patten put things into perspective.
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