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Article: City's green fire fleet will slowly turn red.
- Article from:
- Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2006
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Byline: Chad Lawhorn
Aug. 12--Lawrence residents once again will be seeing red -- when it comes to fire trucks, that is. Leaders with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical unveiled their new $695,000 fire truck Friday, and announced that the department is moving away from its unique light green trucks that have been a hallmark since the 1970s. "Red is the traditional color, and we wanted to get back to it," said Chief Mark Bradford, who took over the top spot in the department in November after the retirement of Jim McSwain. "We would have firefighters from across the country come to Lawrence for various events, and they would see our green trucks and ...
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