Geary County Commissioners received an update on a new rural fire brush truck on Monday. The work to equip the truck is about 99% complete.

The cost for the County to equip the truck will total about $100,000 but Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges noted the the cost of having a fire manufacurer do it would have been about $225,000. So there was a financial savings.

Also, from the Rual Fire Department, this is Fire Prevention Week. Check your smoke alarms.

Year to date as of the end of September there have been 97 fire calls, compared to 78 at the same time one year ago. There were calls in September this year.

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 </figure>Geary County Commissioners received an update on a new rural fire brush truck on Monday. The work to equip the truck is about 99% complete.The cost for the County to equip the truck will total about $100,000 but Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges noted the the cost of having a fire manufacurer do it would have been about $225,000. So there was a financial savings.Also, from the Rual Fire Department, this is Fire Prevention Week. Check your smoke alarms.Year to date as of the end of September there have been 97 fire calls, compared to 78 at the same time one year ago. There were calls in September this year.

Geary County Rural Fire brush truck nears completion