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When you don't have any money, it takes a lot of time and effort on the part of more people than you would believe to make a volunteer fire department work.
At this point, we would like to list the other departments in our area and beyond (in no particular order) who have helped us out in some TANGIBLE way.
- Merrick Fire Department, OK
- - siren, lightbar, valves, hose reel
- (Chief John Spoon)
Keystone Fire & Rescue, OK- - more useful stuff than we can list
- (Chief George Blackburn)
Freedom Hill Fire Department, OK- - boots
- (Chief Kevin Smythe)
Lawrence Creek Fire Department, OK- - tanks, nozzle, beacon, pump, siren
- (Chief David Sadler)
North 48 Sunrise Fire Department, OK- - radios
- (Chief David Young)
Lake Tillery Fire & Rescue, NC- - turnouts, hose, nozzles, SCBA
- (Chief Alan Beasley)
Jekyll Island Fire Department, GA- - turnouts
- (Director of Public Safety Richard Caton)
Oilton Volunteer Firefighter's Association, OK- - Hale pump, lightbar
- (Chief Bob Lasater)
West Putnam Fire Department, FL- - SCBAs, backboards, turnouts, helmets
- (Quartermaster Bill Morris)
Prairie DuPont Fire Department, IL- - lightbar, siren, hose, nozzles
- (Chief Aaron Hoock)
North West Rogers County Fire Department, OK- - 600-gallon custom bed for heavy brush truck
New Gretna Volunteer Fire Company, New Gretna, NJ- - air packs, turnouts
- (Chief Kemp Wetmore and President Bill Wilt)
Lower Bank Fire Company, Egg Harbor City, NJ
- airpacks, turnouts, nozzles, hose
(Chief Paul Seybold and Firefighter Robert Somes)Fort Dix Fire Department, Fort Dix, NJ
- hose
(Assistant Chief Flagy)Marmora Volunteer Fire Company, Marmora, NJ
- airpacks
(Chief Jay Newman)Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company, Barnegat Light, NJ
- airpacks, bar lights
(Chief Warren Fox)Landisville Volunteer Fire Department, Landisville, NJ
- cascade system
(Chief Rickey Coraluzzo)
We would also like to thank the following commercial enterprises, organizations, individuals (other than our board members and fire/EMS volunteers), and government agencies (our tax dollars at work) for providing us with various goods, services, and financial support:
The State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Forestry Services
Central Oklahoma Economic Development District
Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training
Indian Nations Council of Governments
Creek County District #2
Mannford Police Department (the "911" people)
Brangus Equipment Company, Mannford, OK (transportation, shop space)
Wanda Foster, Silver City, OK (meeting room, temporary fire station)
Silver City Free Will Baptist Church, Silver City, OK (meeting room, loans of tables and chairs for training classes)
N. Glantz & Sons, Tulsa, OK (paint, reflective striping tape, misc. supplies)
John Crane Lemco, Tulsa, OK (fabrication shop space, painting equipment, materials)
Indian Electric Cooperative, Cleveland, OK (grants, zero-interest loan, dues collection)
Ace Sign Company, Tulsa, OK (truck lettering)
Western Auto, Mannford, OK (tire work and other services)
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Tulsa, OK (hoses, nozzles)
Griffin Excavating, Terlton, OK (fire station site preparation)
Jeff Beall, Staten Island, NY (helmets)
Affordable Fire Equipment, Mannford, OK (affordable fire equipment - no kidding - if your department needs something... anything... check with George or Chris at 800-947-9503 before you buy - you'll thank me for this)
Don Bowden, Sand Springs, OK (amusements for fund-raisers)
Mark Whitehead Trucking, Drumright, OK (services)
The Silver City Ramblers (music for fund-raisers)
The Country GearJammers (music for fund-raisers)
The Jim Sweney Band (music for fund-raisers)
Patti Hughes & Friends (music for fund-raisers)
The Risleys (music for fund-raisers)
Tattered Remnants (music for fund-raisers)
Oklahoma State Fire Fighters Assn., Oklahoma City , OK (lightbars, siren)
Maltsberger Propane, Cleveland, OK (propane tank, heater)
Dale and Robin Haskins, Silver City, OK (site for water supply cistern)
Curtis Gillis, Bristow, OK (hose, nozzles)
Frank's Pump and Supply, Mannford, OK (water well pump, plumbing)
Joseph's Steak House, Drumright, OK (food for fund-raisers)
Feet First (music for fund-raisers)
The Tiptones (music for fund-raisers)
Shooter's Shop, Bristow, OK (food preparation equipment for fund-raisers)
Pull-A-Part, Sand Springs, OK (truck parts)
Roni's, Mannford, OK (truck lettering)
Dan Norman, Bristow, OK (replacement engine for Brush 1)
Davco Fab, Jennings, OK (refurbishment of tank for Brush 2)
Jim Pickett, Owasso, OK (2-way base station)
Steven and Elaine Morgan, Sand Springs, OK (1983 Ford 3/4-ton 4x4)
Paula & Carrie Allen, Cleveland, OK (14x70 mobile home)
Cimarron Telephone Company, Mannford, OK (battery charger-booster)
Harness Wrecker Service, Mannford, OK (towing)
Virginia Sherrill, Silver City, OK (our one-woman rehab section, who provides lunches for work days and refreshments for incidents - God bless you, Virginia)
Paul Simpson, Shawnee, OK (air packs)
Paddy Metcalf, Pawhuska, OK (helmets, boots)
Les's Diesel Service, Mannford, OK (brake work)
Rick & Donna Krinard, Petaluma CA (1990 Jeep Cherokee)
Telstar Trucking, Hulbert, OK (transportation services)
Cecil's Discount Tires, Sand Springs, OK (emergency tire work, tires)
TowBoys Towing and Recovery, Cleveland, OK (towing)
Rapid Brake & Muffler, Sapulpa, OK (exhaust system work)
Eugene Zazenski, New Gretna, NJ (fire hose and nozzles)
Jeremy Culver, Farina, IL - (EMS supplies and general goodwill)
Bass River Township, New Gretna, NJ - (rescue truck - thanks to Mayor T. Richard Bethea, Deputy Mayor Woodley E. Shuff, Commissioner Deborah Buzby-Cope, and Township Clerk Amana S. Somes)
Scott Tozer, New Gretna, NJ - (temporary storage for an accumulation of donated equipment)
Frank Gray and Jack Sears, New Gretna, NJ - (efforts on our behalf to secure equipment donations)
Bill Bladney, New Gretna, NJ - (bar lights)
Mannford EMS, Mannford, OK - (EMS supplies and equipment)
U. S. Fire Administration (FEMA) - (grants)Paula, Butch, Mark, Casey & Gail, Mannford EMS, OK - (EMS instruction above and beyond the call of duty)
Creek County Ambulance, Drumright, OK - (EMS supplies)Bob Haskins, Silver City, OK - (Bob kept our 3 1/2 acres neatly trimmed and looking nice)
Sooner Freight, Tulsa, OK - (transport of donated equipment)
Barry Rush, Silver City, OK - (Barry did a great job painting unit 601)
Morrow's Auto Recyclers, Sand Springs, OK - (donation of cars and site for our Vehicle Extrication Class)
Oklahoma State Department of Health - (AEDs)
Terry Varner, Silver City, OK - (Terry did an excellent job fabricating a custom bed for our 2007 Ford F350 grass rig)