Press release
The City of Tool received approval from the Texas Forestry Service to allow the transfer of Tool’s 2011 brush truck to Gun Barrel City Volunteer Fire Deparment.
Tool City Secretary Makenzie Blaser said, “The brush truck was received through a Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program (HB2604) in 2009, following the creation of the City’s Volunteer Fire Department. Per the grant requirement, the truck must be maintained in firefighting service by the original acquiring department for a period of 10 years, it also needs to have full coverage with a trucker insurance.”
According to Blaser, the grant was made possible through the Texas A&M Forest Service.
The city council made a motion, and approved to transfer the truck to the City of Gun Barrel City upon the request of Gun Barrel City Fire Chief Joey Lindaman. Gun Barrel City has agreed to continue to provide mutual aid assistance so that the truck would still remain in service to the citizens of Tool.