City receives new fire truck
Saturday, March 8, 2003 Posted 3:30 p.m.
The City of Minonk had a new fire truck delivered on February 13. The new International truck is a combination
tanker/pumper. Volunteer fireman Paul Vallow said that the new truck costs $192,000 of which $72,000 was paid by
an Illinois First grant. Vallow said that the new truck already has a recall on it that will require the
replacement of a truck part. He said that the part should be replaced within the next week as soon as the
part is delivered.
The new truck can hold 3,000 gallons of water and will be used primarily for rural fires where there is
no ready water supply. Vallow said the new truck is definitely state of the art with most of the
controls, including acceleration, operated through a digital panel.
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