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Wilson’s Mills Fire currently has an insurance rating of 3. (Left to right) Wilson’s Mills Fire Chief Bentley Powell and Assistant Chief Marvin Dodd stand in front of the department’s first ladder truck. Station #3 will also improve response times in that section of the fire district. Volunteers will still assist and respond to fire and first responder calls. In approximately two years when Station #3 in fully completed, Chief Powell said the department will hire full-time firefighters to staff all three stations 24-hours a day. The main station will be constructed starting in late-2022 or early-2023. It will serve as the temporary fire station number 3 until the main station #3 building can be completed. Phase one is the construction of a maintenance building which should be completed by the Summer of 2022. Station #3 will be constructed in two phases. The department will lease the property from Novo Nordisk. However, plans are in the works to add a third fire station on a six acre tract of land on Gordon Road just off Highway 70. They employ paid staff to assist with daytime calls but volunteers handle all calls at night.įor now, Ladder 5 will be housed at the main fire station on Fire Department Road. WMFD has two stations and 50 volunteers that cover one of the largest fire districts in Johnston County. Wilson’s Mills firemen decided the truck should still be called Ladder 5 and will keep that name, even though its their first ladder truck. The 2004 Peirce aerial truck had been “Ladder 5” while in service with the Cary Fire Department. It should be operational and responding to calls the end of October 2021. He expects all the equipment to arrive and be installed on the truck in the next few weeks. Like everything else during the pandemic, the department is having to wait a little longer for some items to arrive.
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#Fire truck s how to#
Over the next few weeks, firefighters will complete training on how to operate the truck.Ĭhief Powell said the department has ordered required equipment to place on the ladder truck. The apparatus is the first of three new engines the county will put into service before 2025. Wilson’s Mills becomes the fifth fire department in Johnston County to have an aerial truck to respond to emergency calls. Warren County (GA) Fire Rescue Takes Delivery of 450k E-ONE Pumper.
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The truck is in excellent shape for its age,” Chief Powell said.