Secor Fire Department News and Updates
The Secor Fire Department has been very busy the past couple of years, recruiting, writing grants, purchasing new equipment, and providing ongoing training to new and veteran firefighters. The Department recently was awarded a grant that allowed them to purchase a new brush truck which eventually will replace the existing attack truck. The cost of the new unit was made more affordable with the purchase of the basic fire truck which was then outfitted by the firefighters themselves with the warning lights, siren, and radios.
The Department recently sold it’s undersized 1984 Ford water tanker to the Village of Secor, which intends to convert it to a utility truck/snow plow. A new grant has been written to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) which, if awarded, will make possible the purchase of a new water tender capable of hauling 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of water. Tenders of this type are invaluable when fighting rural fires when an adequate supply of water is not available. Current plans are, to eventually sell the oldest pumper, a 1970′s model Ford, which would be replaced by a later model used truck having a 5 or 6 man crew cab.
In addition, the Department has several state and federal grants pending that will allow the purchase of additional greatly needed equipment to better fulfill it’s mission to serve the residents of the Secor Fire Protection District.
The Department currently has a total of 19 firefighters, 10 of which are First Responders. At the present time there are four members that are finishing up the Fire Fighter II training academy.