WHAT:   The Little Rock Fire Department will be donating engines to two area fire departments and handing over the keys at a ceremony.                    

WHO:     Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola, LRFD Chief Gregory Summers, Assistant Fire Chief Will Hamilton with the Sweet Home Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Chief Ronnie Wheeler with the West Pulaski Fire Department                

WHERE:         Little Rock Fire Department Training Facility

                        7000 Murray St.

                        Little Rock, AR 72209

WHEN:            10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28                       

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  –  Two volunteer fire departments will each receive a boost in the form of an engine from the Little Rock Fire Department on Thursday, April 28. Fire Chief Gregory Summers will hand over the keys to the Sweet Home Volunteer Fire Department and West Pulaski Fire Department.

“It is important that all residents feel safe when it comes to fire protection, and having these additional capabilities with another fire engine will go a long way in ensuring that these departments can continue to provide an essential service to their communities,” said Summers.

The engines are Pierce Arrow vehicles equipped with a 1,500 gallons-per-minute fire pump and 750 gallons of on-board water. They were originally assigned to Engine Companies #1 and #10 before becoming reserve engines. 

This makes a total of six engines, in addition to equipment, that the Little Rock Fire Department has donated to area fire departments as well as the Arkansas Fire Academy in Camden.

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