VFD welcomes new pink fire truck
Published 6:00 pm Monday, April 5, 2021
Photo by Brett Campbell / Heucks Retreat Volunteer Fire Department took receipt of its new fire truck Monday afternoon at the Lincoln County/Brookhaven Governmental Complex. HRVFD Chief Joe Honea presented a check for the truck to Bonaventure Fire & Safety representative Donnie Weeks. Front row, from left, District 2 Supervisor Jerry McGehee, first responder Michele Ratliff, Mississippi Public Utilities Staff Executive Director and former senator Sally Doty, EMS Capt. Darlene Holcomb, Honea, Weeks, representatives from Pink Sisters breast cancer awareness group, Trustmark Regional President Mark Lewis and Lt. Rodney Goins; on the truck, from left, Lt. Marcus Caffie, fire fighter Daniel Upton, fire fighter David Case, Capt. Joseph Honey III and fire fighter Clayton Winston.
Photo by Brett Campbell / Bonaventure Fire & Safety salesman Donnie Weeks, left, talks over features of the new HRVFD truck with Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Clifford Galey as Lt. Rodney Goins observes.
Photo by Brett Campbell / A member of the Pink Sisters breast cancer survivors group poses with the new HRVFD fire truck.
Photo by Brett Campbell / Heucks Retreat Volunteer Fire Department's new pink fire truck — for breast cancer awareness — was delivered Monday.
Photo by Brett Campbell / Heucks Retreat Volunteer Fire Department's new pink fire truck — for breast cancer awareness — was delivered Monday.
A new fire truck rolled into Lincoln County Monday afternoon, but this one is not the traditional “fire engine red.” The paint job is more of a powder pink. More specifically, it is breast cancer awareness pink.
The color was the choice of the fire fighting team at Heucks Retreat Volunteer Fire Department, where the new engine will make its home.
“We’ve had cancer touch us in a lot of ways,” said Lt. Marcus Caffie. “So we really wanted to do this to help bring awareness.”
The truck was delivered by Bonaventure Fire & Safety representatives, and HRVFD Chief Joe Honea presented a check to BF&S salesman Donnie Weeks.
The purchase of the truck has been in the works for several years, Emergency Management Director Clifford Galey said. Total cost for the truck was $298,697. A Rural Fire Truck Assistance Grant of $90,000 was used as a downpayment, and the VFD will be responsible for a yearly note on the truck.
Equipment such as hoses, oxygen bottles and other emergency items will be added by VFD members.
“We’re real excited about this,” said Honea. “We’ve been really looking forward to it.”
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