Genoa Twp. Fire Department orders new engine

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Dur­ing the Thurs­day, Octo­ber 4, Genoa Town­ship Board of Trustees meet­ing the trustees approved the pur­chase of a new 2013 Engine/Rescue vehi­cle to replace the Genoa Town­ship Fire Department’s 1996 Freightliner.

The new pur­chase has been planned for through a vehi­cle replace­ment sched­ule. Fire Chief Gary Hon­ey­cutt pre­sented the pro­posed pur­chase indi­cat­ing that it will take nearly a year before the new appa­ra­tus is delivered.

The new engine, cost­ing $569,384, will be pur­chased through State Bid from Sut­phen of Dublin.

The engine will include a Com­pressed Air Foam Sys­tem (CAFS).

“CAFS allows for a more effec­tive method for fight­ing fires than fight­ing fire with water,” Hon­ey­cutt said. “Water is 10 per­cent effec­tive on an open flame while CAFS is 80 to 100 per­cent effec­tive. CAFS also sub­stan­tially decreases water dam­age to structures.”

Trustee Karl Geb­hardt said the new engine would be an asset to town­ship res­i­dents, allow­ing fire­fight­ers to be more effec­tive in help­ing fam­i­lies who may need the fire department’s assistance.

Inter­ested par­tic­i­pants can reg­is­ter by log­ging on to the Genoa Town­ship web­site at < genoatwp.com >.

The trustees reminded every­one that Genoa Township’s Annual Trick-or-Treat Vil­lage will be held from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 27, at the Genoa Town­ship Safety Ser­vices Com­plex, 7049 Big Wal­nut Road, Galena. All res­i­dents are invited to attend and par­tic­i­pate in the family-friendly event.

The next reg­u­larly sched­uled Genoa Town­ship Board of Trustees meet­ing will be held at 7 p.m. on Thurs­day, Octo­ber 18, at the Genoa Town­ship Hall, 5111 South Old 3C High­way, Westerville.

An updated list of meet­ings is avail­able on the Township’s web­site at < genoatwp.com >.

The Genoa Town­ship Admin­is­tra­tive Offices are located at the Genoa Town­ship Hall. They are open to the pub­lic Mon­day through Fri­day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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