Area volunteer fire departments are donating outdated firefighting equipment to Belize Heroes, a program the sends older but usable equipment to the Caribbean nation of Belize. Above, a load of equipment from the Lower Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department, the Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department, and the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department that is headed to Belize. From left, are pictured, Andrew Womble of Hanover Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Archibald “Mac” McFarlane, who started Belize Heroes and also works for Hanover Fire and EMS, John Purcell and Paul Murray of LMVFD, John Bassett, captain of the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Steve Ray, assistant chief of Mathews Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Brad Norris of LMVFD, and Kevin McNamee of the Hartfield Volunteer Fire Department.
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