Royersford's Rescue 98 Gets a New Home

The truck is being donated to a hurricane-affected fire department in New York.

Royersford Fire Company's 1981 Ford C8000 rescue truck has seen three decades of borough history go by.  Now, Rescue 98 is moving from its Green Street parking lot to a fire department garage in Island Park, New York.  David Hummel of the Royersford Fire Department told Patch that Rescue 98 is being donated to the Island Park Fire Department, along with hoses and other badly-needed firefighting gear. Island Park is a town wiped out by Hurricane Sandy and their firefighters, along with several other fire departments on Long Island, are desperately in need of equipment so they can continue serving their town. Rescue 98 was put up for sale after the 2011 Humane and Friendship Fire Companies merger. After the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund …

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