If firefighters could carry new engines over the threshold, they would. But in the case of two shiny new engines, they had to roll them into their new homes.
East Fork firefighters officially placed two new Type 1 engines in service on Monday, one at Fire Station 14 in Minden and the other in station 7 in the Gardnerville Ranchos.
Crews held a push-in ceremony for the new Minden engine on Monday with the help of East Fork Fire Protection District Board President Barbara Griffin and director Bernie Curtis. “These new engines are truly state of the art and are magnificent machines which should serve the needs of the district for quite some time,” Chief Tod Carlini said.
The two 2019 Pierce Engines cost slightly under $1 million for both.