Sudan Fire Department added a new 2020 brush truck to their fleet thanks to a $199,800 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service.
“We are proud to have received this grant to help purchase an apparatus that will be used exclusively for wildland fires,” said Sudan Fire Department Chief Mike Hill. “It can carry 1,250-gallons of water and is tall enough to get into difficult areas, especially with extensive grassland in the area.”
The new apparatus can carry three firefighters and is in service and already used to respond to two fires.
"Or service area goes 23 miles south and west so when we get a response call, time is of the essence, "said Hill. “This new truck doesn’t have a warmup time, so it allows us to respond quicker, just crank and go.”