PHOTOS: Career Academy and Technical School Fire Instructor Mark Brown believes that social media has the ability to create positive outcomes, including helping train the next generation of firefighters.
In a post shared on his personal Facebook page on Friday, Brown asked his friends if anyone had a firetruck that could be donated to the fire program at CATS. “I put the post up at 7 p.m. and got a response around 9 p.m.,” Brown recalled. “I was surprised it happened so fast.”
Carl Walker, who is the chief at Piney Grove Fire and Rescue in Forsyth County, saw the post and picked up the phone and called Brown.
“I happen to know Mark and a Facebook post put us together. It just happened to work out and hopefully we will be replacing it,” Walker said.
According to Walker, the Piney Grove Fire Department purchased the truck new in 1992 for $206,000.