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West Bend/Bethel Fire Dept. has new first response truck
The funding for the truck came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The VFD had been working on acquiring the truck for 14 months, the chief said. Counselman thanked the office of U.S. Senator Richard Shelby for helping get the ball rolling in the funding. The station includes 22 firefighters and a chaplain. The department has been in existence since 1999. "We've come a long way in a short amount of time." The chief is proud of the department's ISO (Insurance Services Office) Public Protection Classification rating of 8.9. "We are in the process of lowering that grade," he said. "We just got surveyed (April 14)."
The department averages approximately 40 calls per year and has an automatic aid agreement with the Coffeeville VFD.
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