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The Washington community is getting a quick return on the new fire truck purchased by the town’s volunteer fire department.
During the lengthy power outages that followed the freak mid-October snowstorm, the vehicle was pressed into service to save pork chops and hamburger rather than lives and homes.
On Friday evening, after 2'/j days without electricity, members of the department went around town knocking on doors to check if people had deep freezes in danger of defrosting. To those who did, power was provided for between one and two hours—just long enough to keep food supplies from spoiling.
The electricity for this dollar saving operation came from the Washington VFD’s generator, part of the equipment on the new truck brought home just five days before.
Firemen Charlie Manson, Brad Fisher, Roger Roach and Steve Critzer drove the vehicle door-to-door from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday. They started again between 7:30 and 8 in the morning and worked until 2:30 when the power company assured them that
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