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McMechen VFD
Gets a New Ride
Members of the McMechen
Volunteer Fire Department stand with their 1989 Sutphen pumper
which will soon be replaced thanks to federal grants from left
are Charlie Pyle, safety officer front, firefighter Garry Rose,
back, Dave Kobasko, chief, and former department president and
current firefighter John Davis.
The McMechen Volunteer Fire
Department has been awarded $83,643 from an Assistance to
Firefighters Grant they applied for in 2010. A representative
from Rep. David B. McKinley’s, (R-W.Va) office in Wheeling
recently notified the department of the grant award. The grant
will allow for replacing fire hose, nozzles, adapters and other
firefighting equipment. Some of our hose is more than more than
20 years old.
The department was then stunned
when Senator Jay Rockefellers’ (D-W.Va.) office called to tell
them they were being awarded $283,748 from a second Assistance
to Firefighters Grant, for a new fire truck. This will replace a
Class “A” Pumper that is more than 20 years old and has an open
cab design with a new modem pumper that will have an enclosed
six-person cab.
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McMechen's
Engine 17 Returns Thanks to
Hamburger Helper's Grant and our Members hard fund
raising efforts a piece of history has been preserved
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