ECA Review 2020-10-01

12 O ctober 1'20 HANNA/CORONATION/StettLer, AB. ECA REVIEW
Fire engines for Acme, Carbon, Trochu, Torrington
Submitted
Kneehill County’s
regional fire services were
further enhanced with the
delivery of four brand new
fire trucks to the fire halls
in the Town of Trochu,
Village of Carbon, Village of
Acme, and Hamlet of
Torrington on September
28, 2020.
The engines will be fully
operational and in service
within the next couple of
weeks.
Prior to 2020, Kneehill
County owned 100 per cent
of these engines through a
Master Fire Agreement
between all municipalities.
The fire engines were previously
funded solely
through Kneehill County’s
Capital Equipment
Replacement Plan, which
considered the replacement
schedule of 20 years for a
fire automotive apparatus,
determined by Fire
Underwriters and considered
in fire insurance rate
calculations.
Cont’d from Pg 8
With that many machines rolling,
they were able to donate a whopping
$55,000+ which equates to over 36,500
children getting sent to summer camp
in places such as Brazil, Cambodia,
India and Kenya.
All of the combines adorned a flag
from one of those countries as well.
Last year, they were able to send
over two million kids. At the end of
October though, they will have
reached another 500,000 in 2020 alone.
This is the same organization that
easily broke a Guinness World Record
in 2018 by having 303 combines
stretched over two miles near Winkler,
Manitoba.
Previously, the record was held at
In 2020, through the new
Intermunicipal
Collaboration Framework
Agreements, each municipality
is now a proportionate
owner of most engines in the
region.
“Fire protection is so
important, and we are so
pleased to partner with our
neighbouring municipalities
to provide these
enhanced fire services to
our residents,” said
Kneehill County Reeve,
Jerry Wittstock, “Special
thanks to our local fire
chiefs and volunteer firefighters
for your continued
dedication to our residents,
and for working together to
make this possible.”
Originally, only the
Torrington and Carbon fire
trucks were slated for
replacement in 2019, however,
an incident in 2018
required the Trochu fire
engine to be replaced ahead
of schedule.
Considering the length of
build times, and with three
A whopping $55,000+
244 combines
running in
Saskatchewan.
KNEEHILL COUNTY
new fire engines already up for
renewal, Kneehill County
Council added the Acme fire
engine to the Capital Budget to
consolidate the purchases.
The Acme fire engine was due
for replacement in 2021.
Bulk purchasing all four fire
trucks at the same time allowed
for significant cost savings.
The final cost of the trucks
came to just over $2 million dollars,
and they will be in service
for the next twenty years.
The fire chiefs for each
municipality collaborated on
the build to determine the specifics
for each unit.
Trochu and Carbon trucks
are side pump mounts with
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All of the engines purchased
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