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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:03:50 -0500
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Volunteer fire department
A fire started on some grasslands near a farm. The county
fire department was called to put out the fire. The fire was more
than the county fire department could handle. Someone suggested that
a nearby volunteer group be called. Despite some doubt that the
volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They
rumbled straight towards the fire, drove right into the middle of
the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the truck and
frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had
snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two
easily-controlled parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the
volunteer fire department's work and was so grateful that his farm
had been spared, that right there on the spot he presented the
volunteers with a check for $1,000.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what
the department planned to do with the funds. "That ought to be
obvious" he responded, wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing
we're gonna do is get the brakes fixed on our fire truck!"
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