Burns Fire Department gets a Lift

The equipment may not be new but to many of the Burns Volunteer Fire Department it was new. The department has had small air bag lift capabilities for a while, but they have now been equipped with the larger and heavier lifting bags. According to Deputy Chief Brian Dolan, "The new bags give the department the ability to lift any type of vehicle that they might come across in their responses." He added that, "If needed we could lift one end of a train car with these bags."

Chief Dolan also stressed to the firefighters that there would be times when they could not use the bags and would have to...