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Casey: Bill will help fire departments cope with rising gas prices By Jane SmithFire trucks only get between four and five miles per gallon of gas. Gas tank capacity is 55 gallons so a fill-up can be very costly. Firefighters have to make certain that the trucks are full at all times, both for the initial response and in case a fire call lasts for hours with the truck constantly running at the scene.
In another effort to reduce the cost of fuel, Conneaut Lake VFD has decided it won’t participate in any parades — except those in the borough itself. Betts said since Sheetz Inc., a gas station at Conneaut Lake, has no diesel fuel at this time because of a construction project, the trucks must travel to the intersection of routes 322 and 98 to another Sheetz station — about five miles away. Greenwood VFD Chief Hank Piatt said his department has similar problems with fuel costs, but its township supervisors give the department the $20,000 generated from taxes paid by employees working in the township. 
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