A Bucks County fire department is doing its part to help first responders impacted by Kentucky floods. Neighboring companies from Bucks, Montgomery and Lehigh Counties -- even New Jersey – donated more than $500,000 worth of supplies. ARobertsCBS reports
“Fire gear, self-contained breathing apparatus, hand tools, hoze, a whole pallet of boots,” Palisades Regional Fire Rescue Chief William Shick said.“We help people here every day. This is helping another fire department that doesn’t have anybody else to help them,” Shick said.
“There’s four departments in the area we are going to in Knot County, Kentucky that lost everything,” Shick said.
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