He recalled an incident four years ago in a huge park consisting of 1,900 acres with a watershed. Peeble's firefighters saved a child trapped in a spillway thanks to their training in water rescue and the new equipment. The fleet of days past is pretty traditional. Today's fleet consists of a pair of Stealth series pumpers with tremendous capability. Peebles has been instrumental in carrying out the 'Step-Up, McCandless' public relations program begun in September 1998.
Firefighters speak to community groups, staff fairs and festivals, post signs and mail brochures.
The town council pays for the campaign, in addition to the money provided by the Sinking Fund and yearly general fund allocations. Peebles also has its own training facility, built in the early 1990s, to complement the new equipment. Highland and Ingomar volunteer firefighters share the facility with Peebles. Firefighters train every Tuesday night to best serve a town with 11,000 homes, strip malls, schools and other commercial institutions. Stealth Review Both of PVFD's new vehicles had to assume several tasks from the department's old rigs.