Proceeds to be divided equally between Stanley, Boyd-Edson-Delmar Fire and Ambulance

“It was a good year,” Martino’s owner Ron Haas said of the Pizza and Prevention fundraiser Oct. 8 at Martino’s. All told, some $8,651.88 was raised, to be split equally between Stanley Fire and Boyd-Edson-Delmar (B-E-D) Fire and EMS Departments. A total of 445 large pizzas were sold, the rest being generated by small pizzas and soda. In addition there were no fire calls for the day, meaning that each department could stay on site all day, the B-E-D Ambulance and Stanley ladder truck on site to give event goby ers a fun time.

Martino’s itself donates 100 percent of all sales from the event to local fire prevention, with employees volunteering their time to help out.

As to the departments themselves, Stanley Fire Chief Korey Hagenson said they will put earnings from the fundraiser towards a new TNT Jaws of Life, while B-E-D Fire Chief Ron Patten said plans were still out as to just what the department would put its earnings toward.

“We’re not sure just yet,” he said, saying that it would go towards equipment, and possibly a new truck.

“Sometimes we keep and save it for two to three years,” he said of saving for large purchases made by the department.