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A fire started on some grasslands near a farm.
The county fire department was called to put out the fire. The
fire was more than the county fire department could handle.
Someone suggested that a nearby volunteer bunch be called.
Despite some doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of any
assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They
rumbled straight towards the fire, drove right into the middle of
the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the truck and
frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they
had snuffed out the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into
two easily-controlled parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the volunteer
fire department's work and was so grateful that his farm had been
spared, that right there on the spot he presented the volunteers
with a check for $1,000. A local news reporter asked the
volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the
funds. "That ought to be obvious, " he responded,
wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're gonna do
is get the brakes fixed on our fire truck!"
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