ARBOR VITA E
Oct. 9, 2013
Courtesy of the News-Review and The Three Lakes News
Members of the Arbor Vitae Fire Department include, front row from left, Carl Fink, Todd
Rucinski, Jeff Biertzer, Jeff Hunter, Chris Woynich, Todd Hunter, Mike Van Meter, Ben
Woynich and Rod Organ; and back row, Bill Saal, Ruben Wohlfiel, James Romano, Todd
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Albano, Steve Congdon, Brian Dierzen, Ryan Gehrig, Rick Budish, Fire Chief Frank Bauers,
John Hailing, Frank Kulpa and Doc Herrmann. The Arbor Vitae Fire Department was established in 1976.
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Arbor Vitae firefighters await delivery
of new $438,000 pumper/tanker truck
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BY GARY RIDDERBUSCH
NEWS-REVIEW EDITOR
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The Arbor Vitae Fire Department is
waiting delivery of a new Class A
pumper/tanker, with shipment expected
in mid- to late November, according to
Fire Chief Frank Bauers.
The $438,000 rig features a five-man
cab, an enclosed pump control station, a
1,250-gallons-per-minute (gpm) pump
and 1,000-gallon water tank.
The truck will replace a 20-year-old
pumper, though the department may
keep the older model, according to
Bauers.
“There has been some interest from
other departments in buying the truck,
but we might keep it because we are
considering have a substation in Trout
Lake, which would lower homeowners
insurance in that area,” said Bauers.
The fire chief said the town of Arbor
Vitae paid $300,000 toward the new
truck and the fire department paid for
the remaining $138,000, mostly with
funds raised at the annual Firemen’s
Picnic.
The truck is being built by U.S.
Tanker in Milwaukee. Bauers said age
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