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2016 Central Alabama Training Center

2015 Tennessee Fire Training

WHITLEY MEMORIAL

Sweet Water Volunteer Fire Department would like to acknowledge Mr. James Whitley for his kind donation of the building (currently being used as Sweet Water Fire Station #2) to the Town of Sweet Water and the Sweet Water Volunteer Fire Department. It is a great contribution to the town of Sweet Water and it’s surrounding community. This building will be used as a base of operations, meeting room for firefighters and other community organizations. We are proud to accept this donation in memory of Mr. and Mrs. TJ Whitley and have named Station #2 Whitley Memorial Station. The Sweet Water Volunteer Fire Department and the town of Sweet Water give Thanks to Mr. James Whitley for this donation to our community.
Sweet Water Volunteer Fire Department

OUR FLEET

These are our trucks. Truck 2101, an 86′ Chevy which is a pumper truck that can produce 1000 GPM and has a 700 gallon tank. To deliver that water, it is equipped with 1400′ of 2 1/2 inch hose and also has 2 prelay lines of 1 1/2 inch hose at 150′ each.
2008 Kenworth tanker/pumper. It has a 3000 gallon tank. It can pump 1250 GPM. It has 1700 feet of 2 1/2 inch hose, 400 feet of 1 1/2 inch hose and all necessary equipment to fight most fires. It is the newest vehicle in our department.
Truck 2106, a 2007 Ford 4WD equipped with an 18 horse power Briggs and Stratton pump. It has a 400 gallon tank and 150′ of 1 1/2 inch hose and 150′ of 3/4 inch reel hose that is mainly used for brush fires.
All of our trucks carry the necessary equipment for fighting and maintaining control of most fires that we encounter.

Sweet Water Councilman Buddy Etheridge donating his time at Whitley Memorial Station 2

We finally received our new 55 kw
generator. This generator will automatically turn on when normal power
fails. The new generator is cost efficient and runs on propane. The
generator is very important to our department. It will ensure power to run
our communication’s and building in case of power failure due to natural
disasters. We are also happy to add that we received our Thermal Imaging
Camera. This is a great tool for initial assessment and finding hot spots
unseen by the human eye. We hope this camera will help in saving more of
our community’s property.

The generator and camera was purchase by a grant from FEMA.

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