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Sunday, November 12, 1995 Page: 2
BUTLER TWP. — Hazleton firefighters today plan to christen the city’s
first aerial firetruck that raises a platform.
The christening for the “bucket truck” is set for 3:30 p.m. at Edgewood in
the Pines restaurant, with a dinner to follow.
The city bought the $524,000 truck from Kovatch Mobile Equipment in
Nesquehoning, said Ray Whiteknight, assistant fire chief of the city’s Pioneer
Fire Co. No. 1.
Whiteknight said the truck’s 102-foot-high bucket will be an asset because
the city has so many multi-story buildings.
“A lot of people just panic when they have to climb down the ladders,”
Whiteknight said.
The truck will be christened by Whiteknight and Pioneer Chief Joseph
Kotansky. The guest speaker for the dinner is former Luzerne County District
Attorney Robert Gillespie Jr.