Trailer Filled with Rescue Gear Stolen from Ky. Station - Firehouse.com
July 29--There's still no sign of a utility trailer stolen this past Saturday morning from the East Bernstadt Fire Department. The trailer was used by the volunteer department to tow lifesaving equipment to fires, accident scenes and other emergencies when seconds count. When firefighters needed it, the trailer was gone. We got the video surveillance on the truck that stole the trailer, and we have a good description of the truck. I'd say that person who took the trailer got it around 1 a. m. , but I'm assuming that by 1 p. m. the next day, it was cut up. The likelihood of us getting that trailer back's probably slim to none," he said during a phone interview Tuesday... We were going to take our Ranger that we have and put it out on our utility trailer, and discovered it was gone. When we got back to the station after the call, we started going back to the footage, and that's when we discovered around 1 a. m. that the pickup came around the yard, and stole the trailer," said Votolato. The utility trailer was parked at the fire station when surveillance photos from the scene of the theft showed a suspect vehicle leaving with the trailer. Votolato mentioned, "We leave the trailer locked to a van that we pull it. Source: www.firehouse.com
