Big R has come to the assistance of the Salem Fire Protection District in replacing some needed equipment.
Engineer Jacob Heminover worked out the donation.
“We’ve had 4 chainsaws, 2 for over 25 years and the other 2 for over 20 years so time for replacement. Got to talking to Paul and Willie Jones at Rural King and they decided to donate all four that we needed to replace.”
Heminover says chain saws are needed by the department in handling several kinds of calls.
“Anytime we got to do any type of ventilation or natural cover fire if we got to cut a tree down. So we do use them quite a bit.”
Heminover says the older saws were breaking down on a regular basis and repairs were expensive.
The presentation was made on Wednesday at the Salem Fire Protection District Station.
