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Medina Electric awarded the City of Escobares Volunteer Fire Department with a truck from the cooperative as part of the larger Community Empowerment Program.

According to CEO Trey Grebe, “Medina EC has a history of serving the more rural areas of our service territory, and our members rely on the local volunteers to respond in emergency situations. Many of these departments, such as VFDs, provide critical resources in the communities they, and we, serve and we are happy to offer this program so that they can continue their efforts.”

City of Escobares VFD serves approximately 2,700 people in Starr County. The awarded truck, a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, will be used as a first attack vehicle, which is usually the first vehicle on scene for accidents and emergency events. It will be equipped with first aid and other emergency response supplies. 

When cooperative vehicles are retired from the fleet, they are generally sold at auction. In 2015, the board of directors made the decision to donate, when possible, retired cooperative trucks to volunteer fire departments that offer service in one the 17 counties in Medina EC’s territory.

Past recipients of retired trucks offered through this program include San Diego VFD, Devine VFD, Sabinal VFD, Nueces Canyon VFD, Reagan Wells VFD, Christine VFD, El Cenizo VFD, Atascosa-Bexar County Line VFD, Bigfoot VFD and Charlotte VFD.

For more information about this program visit MedinaEC.org/VehDonation.