The new year will bring a new ambulance to the Tonica Volunteer Fire Department.
At the department’s January meeting, Chief Al Stremlau and Ambulance Administrator Sue Huss presented information pertaining to replacing the current 20-year-old ambulance.
Research had previously been done on this topic and presented to the board of directors.
Upon their recommendation, the membership voted to purchase a demonstrator ambulance that is available for about $267,000. The current ambulance will be sold.
In other news, Stremlau reported that there were 18 emergency calls during December.
These calls consisted of one auto-aid to Oglesby for a structure fire, one accident, 12 ambulance requests, one power line pole down, one false alarm and two hazardous conditions.