Monday June 22, June 19, 2009
The Adairville Fire Department in Kentucky lost a fire truck last Sunday morning June 14, 2009. The department responded to a barn fire along with the Adairville Rural Fire Department on Thacker Road in the Schochoh community.
The truck, which was driven by Brent Holman, had left the scene to refill its tank with water and was returning when it met another vehicle, according to fire chief Jim Trimble.
“We were just shuttling water and met another vehicle and he got over a little too much and dropped off the shoulder,” Trimble said. “Of course there wasn’t really much of a shoulder there anyway and then the water shifted in the tank and the truck rolled over.”
Trimble reported that the fire truck turned completely over and can to rest upright.
Holman was wearing his seat belt and was not seriously injured. He was taken to Logan Memorial hospital by the Logan County EMS, which was already on the scene of the fire.
“I talked to him after he got home and he said his left shoulder was a little sore and that was about it,” Trimble said.
Even with the truck out of commission, the Adairville fire departments still managed to get the barn fire put out.
“All in all, it wasn’t so bad except for losing the truck,” Trimble said.
After the truck wrecked, the Adairville Fire Department was helped by the Auburn Fire Department, which helped clean up the mess and loaned Adairville a truck to use until other arrangements could be made.
“That was very, very gracious,” Trimble said. “I personally thank the mayor and Jeff Gregory and Steve Montgomery. They were a big help.”
Adairville mayor Jim Wilkerson said the company the city purchased the fire truck from would be coming out soon to assess the damage to the truck.
“Is it totaled? I don’t know,” Wilkerson said. “It threw the water tank out and busted it up really good. I’m not sure if it will be able to be fixed or not.”
Wilkerson said that the company will loan the city a truck to use until arrangements can be made to either fix the broken one, or get a new one.
“We maybe have to buy a new one, but it will be covered by our insurance,” Wilkerson said. “We should be responsible only for the deductible.”
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