Allardt Fire Department to Receive New Water Truck

The Allardt Fire Department will receive a new tanker truck thanks to the state Community Development Block Grant.

AFD Chief Larry Cooper said the new truck will be a major benefit to the department while fighting fires.

“It’s not only a big deal for our fire department, but it’s a pretty good deal for Fentress County in general,” “We have a lot of rural areas that don’t have a lot of water. This tanker is going to be vital to getting water to parts of Fentress County that desperately need it.”

Cooper said the department would not have been able to purchase the new truck without assistance through the CDBG grant. According to Cooper, the total costs of the grant and the truck was over $250,000.

“We don’t have funds like that,” Cooper said. “If it wasn’t for something like this or the grants through the federal government, a lot of rural departments and counties would suffer and not be able to do something like this.”

Cooper said the city of Allardt paid $28,000 to go towards the CDBG grant.

AFD recently completed the bidding process and will receive a 2018 Kenworth equipped with a 2100-gallon water tank and pump.

Cooper said the department will receive the new truck around July 24.