09/28/2026
9/28/26
Our new engine (Angelica 1), a 2026 E-ONE Spartan, was delivered on Friday. We have begun the process of putting new hose, equipment, and radios on/in the truck. Training will start tomorrow evening and we hope to have the truck in service within the next week. A huge thank you to the Village and Town of Angelica for working together to make this $769,000 purchase happen. Also to the sales rep Todd Smith at Fire Line Equipment for helping us with a design that best fits our needs and guidance throughout the process.
Our second piece of apparatus (Angelica 601) is a 2024 Chevrolet 2500 HD. We had put out in this year’s fund drive letter the need for a multi-use vehicle, especially getting firefighters to state training classes. We thought it would take a couple of years to save the amount of money needed for the purchase of the truck, lettering, emergency lighting, siren, and radio. All I can say is the generosity of those that responded to our fund drive letter this year has has been amazing! We were also blessed by an anonymous group that offered to purchase the pickup truck. This combined with the donations received and donations continuing to come in, we were able to purchase the truck, have it up-fitted, and lettered ($68,000). The truck was put into service about two weeks ago and has already been used for transportation of our members to the two month long interior firefighting class as well as response to emergency calls. Again, Thank You for your continued support of our department!
An open house and dedication ceremony will be announced very soon, we are shooting for mid-October.