The newly restored and well-loved fire truck that stood in Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park for many years was unveiled at its new home in the Shell-Glen community park today (Sunday).
“We’re just so excited to have this here,” said Shell-Glen Fire Rescue Chief Nigel Boeur.
“We think it’s going to bring people into our community that have maybe never known that we had a park out here, never really knew about our little area, and we’re hoping that we can develop some future firefighters out of the kids that play on this fire structure.”
Boeur said the ball got rolling when the Shell-Glen Improvement Society found out the truck was going to be removed from Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park as part of the ongoing playground renewal in the park.
“They just kind of started spit-balling and wondering what it would be like to have that in our little park and is that even possible, so they sent an email off to the city and lo and behold, they were willing to help us out with that and get it out here.”
Boeur said a local body shop did the work on the truck to restore it, which included body work and a fresh coat of paint.
“There’s a lot of work in the shop there, there was a lot of work by Can-Crane bringing it out here,”
“Shell-Glen Fire Rescue actually did the repainting on the back part of the structure. Countless people put in countless hours to make this all happen.”
Boeur said the playground area had to be expanded as well.
“It’s just really going to mean a lot for our community and I think it’s going to be a fixture for decades to come out here.”
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