Volunteer Fire Department Gets Rare Gift
SCE employees make up the bulk of The Big Creek Fire Department in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Sep 3, 2015 2:00 PM ET
When a fire is raging out of control, the last thing a firefighter wants to worry about is whether the fire truck will start.
But that was a daily concern at the Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which has depended on an aging 1971 fire engine for emergency calls. The crew can rest a little easier now thanks to a recent donation of a fire truck, hazardous materials rig and ambulance from Southern California Edison (SCE).
The vehicles came from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Fire Department. The power plant is being decomissioned.
Read full story in Edison's Online Newsroom.
