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Four times firetrucks made the news in New Mexico

1. Crash Hospitalizes Two Miracle Kids

In 1996, the Journal reported that a car transporting two children who beat medical odds and were in Albuquerque for the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon collided with a firetruck. The Journal reported that neither child was seriously injured.

Cathy Cook
Cathy Cook Staff Writer
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Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue made headlines this week with a plan to buy the first hybrid firetruck in New Mexico.

Here is a look at four other times firetrucks grabbed headlines in the Albuquerque Journal.

Firetrucks that made Albuquerque Journal headlines

1. Crash Hospitalizes Two Miracle Kids

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1. Crash Hospitalizes Two Miracle Kids
In 1996, the Journal reported that a car transporting two children who beat medical odds and were in Albuquerque for the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon collided with a firetruck. The Journal reported that neither child was seriously injured.

2. Firefighters Give Up Stipends

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2. Firefighters Give Up Stipends
In 2012, firefighters in Mesilla gave up hundreds of thousands of dollars in stipends for a new firetruck after a $1.5 million bond election meant to provide money for renovations and a new firetruck was defeated.

3. Rural volunteer fire department trying to win new firetruck

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3. Rural volunteer fire department trying to win new firetruck
In 2010, the Winston-Chloride Volunteer Fire Department nominated the Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Sierra County, New Mexico for a competition to win a new firetruck, valued at $170,000, from E-ONE, a manufacturer of emergency response equipment.

4. Tijeras Gets 10,000 Toward Firetruck

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4. Tijeras Gets 10,000 Toward Firetruck
In 2004, Tijeras got a $10,000 donation from GCC Rio Grande Portland Cement plant to help the village purchase a new firetruck. The village Mayor Gloria Chavez planned to start a letter writing campaign to the governor to get state funds to help the village purchase a firetruck, the Journal reported.

Tijeras Misses Out On New Firetruck

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Tijeras Misses Out On New Firetruck

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