Midwest AgEnergy donated $20,000 to the Jamestown Rural Fire Department November 17, and the funds will go toward a new fire truck, JamestownSun.com reported.
The Jamestown Rural Fire Department is in the process of replacing its 36-year-old pumper truck. The new truck costs about $700,000, the report said.
The new truck is expected to be completed and delivered in the third quarter of 2023. The Rural Fire Department secured a zero percent loan through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Economic Development Loan Program that will fund 80 percent or $560,000 of the new chassis, the report said. The Rural Fire Department is responsible for coming up with the other $140,000 as a down payment for the truck chassis, according to the report.
