BERNALILLO COUNTY HAS MADE THE FINAL PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT FIRE ENGINES. COUNTY SPOKESMAN TOM THORPE SAYS THIS ONE WILL GO TO STATION 31 AT SECOND AND ALAMEDA. HE SAYS THEY BROUGHT IN NEW FIRE ENGINES FOR EACH OF THE FIRE STATIONS.
THORPE SAYS STATION 31 WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED STATION ONE, OPENED IN 1958, AND WAS THE FIRST FIRE STATION IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. THE COST OF THE NEW ENGINE IS 645-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
LATER THIS YEAR THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BUY TWO ADDITIONAL ENGINES AND TWO RESCUE UNITS.
