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Article: Fire company needs funds for new engine
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- September 21, 2005
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Pequea Fire Company needs a new fire engine, and it is worried
that in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, federal grant money for
emergency management initiatives may have all but disappeared from
central Pennsylvania.
So the Martic Township fire company is doing the next best thing:
turning to the community.
"We need local folks to help the local firefighters," fire company
Chief Kevin L. Hertzog said Monday.
"We're in need of a new fire engine, and that could wind up
costing us between $175,000 and $225,000.
"That's a lot of money for a little department," he said.
Located along Bridge Valley Road in Pequea, Pequea Fire Company
was founded in 1947. Since then, the company has grown to include ...