PHOTOS: Portland Fire and Rescue’s training center will receive a customized golf cart in memory of former Training Chief Ron Bender.
The customized golf cart is being given to the training facility by the family of Training Chief Ron Bender.
Officials say Ron loved to golf after his retirement from the Portland Fire Bureau and customized his golf cart to resemble a fire engine, complete with ladders, axes, a siren, a bell, and few other unique elements “only a true firefighter could envision.”
The family says the golf cart is too special to sell and too special to sit, dust-covered in a corner. The decision was made to offer the golf cart to PF&R as a vehicle to assist Portland Fire & Rescue training staff.