The Mackinaw Rescue Squad has some shiny new equipment thanks to a $4,250 grant it received earlier this year from the Mackinaw Stout Foundation.
The centerpiece is a motorized stair chair with a 500-pound weight capability that makes it easy for squad personnel to transport a patient down and up stairs, over tough terrain, even out of a ditch.
“We’ve never had a motorized chair,” said Assistant Chief Margaret Donath. “In the past, it was lift, tug and hold on so the non-motorized chair wouldn’t get away from us.”
Help often was needed from Mackinaw Fire Department volunteer firefighters who were called to the scene.