Emergency services in two rural northern Box Elder County communities recently received a big boost when both received brand-new ambulances that will expand their lifesaving capabilities and make things easier on the volunteers who sacrifice their time and effort to help those in the most dire of needs.
The Plymouth Fire Department recently had its new ambulance delivered to the town. The $200,000 bill for the state-of-the-art outfit was purchased through a donation drive headed up by Nucor Steel.
The effort to gather donations for the much-needed upgrade was started by Plymouth Assistant Fire Chief Nick Marshall, who works as an electrician at Nucorâs Plymouth plant.
The gargantuan chain hooked to the two large bulldozers was designed to tow cruise ships and Navy destroyers, so a weathered stand of juniper trees clinging to the dry, scorched slope certainly didnât stand much of a chance.
With the dozers spaced about 50 yards apart and facing the same direction, a wave from one of the drivers and both machines were set in motion. The slack tightened and the chain began dragging along the ground, uprooting burned out trees, churning up rocks and dust, and leaving a pattern of perforations in the earth in its wake.
Within minutes, the chain has covered a wide swath of land heading up the hillside. At a certain point, the dozers turn around and begin heading back in the other direction, like a giant lawn mowing project with the chain as the blade.