A fire was started on some grassland near a farm.
The county fire department was called to put the fire out.
The fire was more than the county fire department could handle.
Someone suggested that a nearby volunteer bunch be called.
Though there was doubt that the volunteer outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck.
They rumbled straight towards the fire and stopped in
the middle of the flames.
The volunteers jumped off the truck and frantically
started spraying water in all directions.
Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire,
breaking the blaze into two easily controllable parts.
Watching all of this, the farmer was so impressed
with the volunteer fire departments work, and
was so grateful that his farm had been spared, that
right there and then he presented the volunteers
with a check for 1000 dollars.
A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the funds.
"That oughta be obvious," he responded,
wiping the ashes off his coat.
"The first thing we're gonna do is get the brakes fixed on that darn fire truck!"
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