County won't pay for repairs to Deale firefighters' engine
Deale volunteer firefighters say their 18-year-old engine was in perfect working order when it went to the county garage for a routine test. Now the motor is destroyed, and the county has no plans to replace it.
The volunteers have asked nicely for some of the $2.65 million fund the county sets aside for such repairs. They've had their councilman lobby on their behalf. They've gone to state lawmakers.
They say if the county doesn't take responsibility for the damage, they'll only have two options: run the Deale station short one piece of equipment or face a decade's worth of carnivals, oyster roasts and haunted houses to raise the money to replace it.
"All we want is an engine fixed that was working perfectly well when it was sent up the road," said Ray Mudd, board member of the Deale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue squad.
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The volunteers have asked nicely for some of the $2.65 million fund the county sets aside for such repairs. They've had their councilman lobby on their behalf. They've gone to state lawmakers.
They say if the county doesn't take responsibility for the damage, they'll only have two options: run the Deale station short one piece of equipment or face a decade's worth of carnivals, oyster roasts and haunted houses to raise the money to replace it.
"All we want is an engine fixed that was working perfectly well when it was sent up the road," said Ray Mudd, board member of the Deale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue squad.
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