A new (used) fire engine and ambulance roll into town for the Oneida KY Fire Department.

The fire department's annual budget is $8,000 and their fleet consisted of a 1979 Ford pumper and a beat-up Chevy pick-up truck with a wood box in the bed that acted as their rescue. The engine has a front bumper mounted pump and a 750 gallon tank that lost 200+ gallons by the time they got to the fire.

The fire engine gift arrived as a result of a team effort from the Newstead NY Volunteer Fire Company, First Baptist Church of Vandalia (Dayton) Ohio coordinated by Hancock Hope. The ambulance was donated by a rescue squad in Mississippi.

The fire department had NO IDEA the equipment was coming for them. The church group "snuck" the apparatus into town and lettered it there with "Oneida Fire Department" before delivering it on Saturday-October 11th.

Needless to say, there were a few tears of joy shed that day.

Special thanks to Newstead's Past Chiefs Scott Zitzka, Mike Logle and Firefighter Mike Mutter for letting me tag along on the delivery.

This was brotherhood at its finest. I'm extremely proud of all of these folks.