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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Dorena from A1 while hunting for a cheap fi re engine through online classifi eds. Th e 1962 Ford C850 fi re engine had found its way to a property near Loon Lake between Elkton and Reed- sport. Holt said a sign on the truck’s door had read “East- side Fire Department,” sug- gesting the truck was once in the service of the small Coos Bay neighborhood of the same name. Th e truck had been sit- ting unused on the prop- erty for some years and the owner had no use for it. “He just gave it to us for free when we told him it was for the community here,” said Holt. Aft er acquiring the truck, Holt began the la- boring process of resto- ration, utilizing local vol- unteers to clean and repair the vehicle bit by bit. Sit- ting so long in disuse, the truck’s 500-gallon water tank had accumulated sig- nifi cant blockage. “We had to take the lid off and shovel about 75 Turn your yard into a Safe & Relaxing Sanctuary • landscape design & planting • complete lawn care • trimming, weeding & mulching 100% Contactless Service! Details Online Honest. Dependable. Authentic PO Box 341 | Cottage Grove, Oregon 541-731-8528 |www.prasadalandscapes.com FALL SAVINGS SA $60 V E MO OFF D MS EL 250 COURTESY PHOTO pounds of rust and dirt out of it,” said Holt. Now nearly two years on, Holt believes the vehicle is in good mechanical condi- tion and ready for action. An attempt to put the fi re engine on display in a pa- rade last Saturday, howev- er, did not portend a sunny outlook for the revamped truck. Th e vehicle seemed to stall before it could make it to the parade’s staging grounds. In the end, Holt realized a faulty fuel gauge indicat- ed that there was gas in the tank when it had in fact run dry. Now gassed up, and seeming to be in working order, Holt said he is off er- ing the truck’s services to the community. “You can run fi ve hos- es off of it if you want to, which should put out a fi re pretty fast,” said Holt. Th ough there are oth- er fi re truck owners in the area, Holt’s is currently the only one on community off er. “Any house in this ‘fi re district’ that has a fi re, we plan on going and trying to put it out,” he said. Holt counts this “dis- trict” as a 15-mile stretch from Dorena Dam to Diss- ton, including both sides of Dorena Lake. Part of Holt’s reasoning for the service is the com- munity’s distance from any fi refi ghting responders. Fires have also occurred in Dorena and the sur- rounding area with some frequency. Many residents ex- pressed concern in 2018 when three households went up in fl ames and South Lane County Fire We can beat any price in Eugene! Give us a call, we’ll chat. 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While the SLCFR ambu- lance service area is about 800 square miles, the fi re service area is around 132 square miles, putting Dore- na residents outside the district. To address this, SLCFR began off ering rural resi- dents a “fi re suppression agreement” which would guarantee a response if they pay a tax of $1.85 per $1,000 of property value. Several dozen of those contracts have been signed. Th ough this off er may be attractive for some, others such as Holt are skeptical about response times. 5A “It takes them maybe half an hour to get out here very far,” he said. “It isn’t practical.” Holt feels that fi res in the area are a frequent enough occurrence that the com- munity could benefi t from access to its own fi refi ght- ing source. At age 79, Holt is hoping volunteers more youthful than he will be willing to off er their time and energy. “I have asked for volun- teers and so far just one neighbor has volunteered and he’s just about as old as I am,” Holt said. “If we had younger people, it would be better.” Holt started sitting in on Goshen Rural Fire Pro- tection District classes to learn how to eff ectively put out a fi re, though the onset of the coronavirus pan- demic put a stop to those outings. “So if we can get any vol- unteers, I can teach what little I know,” he said. Th e fi re truck needs at least two people to operate. “It needs one person to watch the water pressure and how much is left and it needs another person to use the hose,” said Holt. Liability, however, Holt admits is an issue, high- lighting that volunteers would be operating at their own risk as there is no in- surance coverage. 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