Baxter’s First-Ever Fire Truck Back As Historic Artifact
Baxter’s first-ever fire truck has been reclaimed by the Friends of the Baxter Museum for parades and community events. Friends of the Depot President Glenn Jones said the 1946 Ford fire engine was auctioned off to the town of Dunlap, Tennessee years ago. He said it recently appeared in an online auction and he jumped […]
Cookeville Fire Department Looking To Obtain Lightweight Gear For Firefighters
Cookeville Fire Department is expecting to get lightweight turnout gear for its firefighters this year. Interim Fire Chief Benton Young said the gear will be a first for the department. Young said the gear will be better suited for events outside of structural fires. “Where we can go out and work on an extraction on […]
Algood Opens Fire Hall To Community, Displaying New Fire Truck
Algood opened its fire hall to the community Thursday afternoon to show off its new fire truck. The fire hall was full of kids, families and officials from across the county to celebrate the official unveiling of a 2021 Pierce Enforcer Truck. The $638,000 truck arrived last month. Fire Chief Victor Jones led the ceremony […]
Algood’s New Fire Equipment First Step To Updating Department
The Algood Fire Department receiving new gear is a key first step in catching the department up on outdated equipment. Fire Chief Victor Jones said 90 percent of his department’s gear was set to expire within a year. Jones said it is not a matter of technology changing, he said that after nearly a decade […]
Algood Fire Dept. Getting New Pumper Truck
The Algood Fire Department is adding a new pumper truck to its fleet. Algood Fire Chief Victor Jones said the addition of the new truck will help the city in its goal to lower its ISO rating. “The truck that we have now is 20-years-old,” Jones said. “It’s still a good truck, but it’s got […]
Cookeville Wants To Replace 1970s Fire Truck
The Cookeville Fire Department hopes to replace its 48-year-old ladder truck this year. The 1972 American Lafrance fire truck has a 100-foot ladder with no water pump and is unrepairable. Fire Chief Daryl Blair said the new truck will be custom made to the needs of Cookeville. “We are going to try to get the […]
