Last year firefighters from Orange County Emergency Services District #4 were battling a fire at J3 Metals in North Orange County with assistance from other departments including the Roganville Volunteer Fire Dept., a small community in Jasper County. OCESD 4 Chief Kelly Moore (right) noticed that Roganville had a tanker truck from the 1980’s and he told Roganville Chief Mike Smith that if they could ever help them, they would be glad to.
Well that help came on Friday.
OCESD 4 received a new tanker truck so they gifted their 2000 model tanker truck to the Roganville VFD. “It’s been a great truck for us, ” said Moore. “You do what you can to help other departments.”
Chief Smith was ecstatic. “This is a great addition to our department. An 1800 gallon tanker brand new would cost around $750,000 and we just can’t afford it. We can’t thank OCESD enough.” Smith said the tanker will go into service immediately.
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