Bridgestone Firestone Donates New Tires For Local Fire Trucks

Members of Goodwill Fire Co. #1 of Trexlertown, Bridgestone Firestone officials and Upper Macungie Township officials posed for this recent photograph in front of the company's distribution center at 8001 Industrial Blvd. in Breinigsville.

Bridgestone Firestone donated 10 new tires for the fire trucks of the Trexlertown company and the township netted savings of more than $7,000 as a result, according to township fire commission Grant Grim.

"It's wonderful that they do this. It's a tremendous savings to the township," said Upper Macungie supervisor chairman Edward Earley.

Grim reported to supervisors last week that the township's three fire departments responded to 86 calls and its EMS units to 142 in February.

Elsewhere, Earley said the township went through 2,400 tons of salt this winter.

"Hopefully that will be the end of it," he said. "The (public works) crews did a wonderful job on the township's 130 miles of roads."

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