In service wet down ceremony for new Gainesville Engine 2 which is the first new engine for the department in almost 30 years. It replaces a 1995 Pierce single cab. Approximate cost was just shy of $300,000.Video of dedication ceremony on Sunday afternoon. The Department’s first new Engine in almost 30 years is dedicated to Donnie Meyer, a lifelong member of the Gainesville Fire Department who passed away in 2007.Donnie Meyer’s wife Kathy with Gainesville Fire Chief Tyler Horton at Sunday afternoon’s dedication ceremony.Video interviews with Chief Tyler Horton, 2nd Assist., Chief Mike Horton, and Kathy MeyerGainesville Fire Chief Tyler Horton and his father, Mike Horton, 2nd Assist. Chief/Deputy Fire Coordinator Wyoming County, were instrumental in getting the new truck dedicated in Donnie Meyers name.
Lifelong member of the Gainesville Fire Department Donnie Meyer passed away in 2007.