It gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘fire sale’.
The Smithers Fire Department will be saying goodbye to their old fire truck — purchased in 1987 — and hello to a new one.
As Councillor John Buikema explains, the decision was made out of necessity.
“We got a little over 30 years out of that truck and I remember Chief Stecko saying [it] was getting a little tired,” he says.
Council says the Fire Department hadn’t planned on making the purchase just yet, but they came across a deal they couldn’t pass up.
As for the old truck? If all goes to plan, it might still have some life in it.
That’s because council is looking at a program called Firefighters Without Borders that pairs up fire trucks that are no longer certifiable in Canada with overseas communities that can still use them as emergency vehicles.
In 2013, a fire truck from Kitimat was sent over to Peru as part of the program.
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