Many fire departments in Nova Scotia are helping out the small community in Sheppardville, Newfoundland and Labrador, where efforts are underway to start up a fire department.
The spirit of giving was in full force at the Port Maitland fire hall in Yarmouth County, N.S., on March 8, as the department donated its old rescue utility truck to the community of Sheppardville, N.L., where plans are to start up a volunteer fire department. Pictured are Port Maitland fire chief Art Rose; Port Maitland training officer Corey Burke; Rose and Nelson Wiseman of Sheppardville, N.L.
One thing they do have is firefighters. They’ve got 13 so far and hope to have at least 20 since not everyone will be available for all calls. One of the firefighters is Wiseman’s wife, Rose.One of the first people to see Wiseman's post was Matthew Mundle, a training officer with the Shinimicas Fire Department in Cumberland County, N.S.
“When we saw these guys in Newfoundland had mentioned they were trying to start a fire department, we had a good feeling for what that was like, to start a fire department from scratch,” Mundle says. “We had surplus equipment available and things like that. We also put the word out."Eventually Mundle and Corey Burke, the training officer with the Port Maitland Fire Department connected.
Burke says the department, which is made up of 20 volunteer firefighters, was eager to get its new apparatus and could fully understand how eager Sheppardville was to get this new-to-them equipment. Geoff Hodgson and Corey Burke of the Port Maitland Volunteer Fire Department stand inside the department’s new rescue utility truck. The department has donated its old rescue utility truck to a group in Sheppardville, N.L., that is starting up a fire department there. TINA COMEAU PHOTO - TINA COMEAUThe atmosphere was jovial inside the Port Maitland fire hall on March 8 when Wiseman, his wife, and also Mundle arrived at the fire hall to take possession of the rescue unit being donated.
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