The Fire Department acquired a new rescue vehicle March of 2009.   It was purchased with tax money made available through the one-quarter percent sales tax increase voted in by McCurtain County residents in 2007.  The new rescue unit is a 2007 Dodge 2500 1-ton diesel with four-wheel drive,  has been equipped with a Mertz "slide-in" fire apparatus unit, and is being housed at the Smithville station.   This makes it almost a duplicate of the 1999 Dodge 2500 at the Octavia Station. 

Come visit us and see why we are so proud of the new additions to our Fire Association.
 

Our equipment now includes a  Dodge 1-ton truck dubbed Rescue 1, the 2007 Dodge 1-ton ,  now Rescue 2, and an older model Chevrolet truck, complete with slide-in emergency unit already installed, which has been renamed Rescue 3.  Rescue 3  will be put to use as backup to the other two rescue units.   

 A new bed complete with storage boxes, and places for much needed supplies and equipment was  installed  on Rescue 1.    A donation from Plum Creek made this addition possible.  The slide-in unit, which has already  been in operation on Recsue 1, is now installed on the new bed.    This  has proven to be a piece of valuable and much-needed equipment.    The slide in unit for Rescue 2 was installed April 2, 2009 and was put into service at a trailer fire that night. 

Another valuable update was finished on Sept. 6, 2006.   The cable from the transmitter to the antenna was old and in very bad shape.  In addition to several spliced sections, there was a hole right through the cable at one point. This has been replaced and we believe our radio transmissions have greatly improved.

Here are some pictures of the wire job.     (PX. #1)       (Px. #2)       (Px. #3)         EMT's were standing by.

AND - on July 19, 2008, at the Annual Fish Fry, Plum Creek generously presented a grant check in the amount of  $2,300.00, to be used to further equip our new truck, and add some much needed additional equipment:  chain saw, generator, portable tank, and assorted fire-fighting tools.  The check was presented to Chief Steve Prise by Plum Creek Regional Forsester Phillip Speer.  Click to see PX.