Gift of firetruck helps Princeville firefighters struggling after Matthew

The Princeville Fire Department on Monday night received the keys to a firetruck from Toisnot to replace one of five trucks damaged by Hurricane Matthew.
Posted 12/13/2016, 3:33:13 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:37 PM

COLORS AND THE NAMES OF VICTIMS

WERE READ.

ANOTHER VIGIL WAS HELD AT THE

PULSE NIGHT CLUB, AND STARS

WERE PLACED NEXT TO CANDLES AND

ROSES FOR THE VICTIMS.

THE CLUB'S OWNER PLANS TO USE

THE PROPERTY TO CREATE A

SANCTUARY OF HOPE.

>>> AND TONIGHT THERE'S WINTER

WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY

TRIGGERING CRASHES AND FLIGHT

DELAYS.

THAT LOOKS NASTY ACTUALLY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS

EXPECTED AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK.

SO FAR NEW YORK HAD THREE DAYS

THIS WEEK WITH BELOW AVERAGE

TEMPERATURES.

MINNEAPOLIS 6, CHICAGO 7. WITH

THE LATEST ON HOW THEY'RE

DEALING WITH THE WINTRY

WEATHER, WATCH THE MORNING

NEWS.

>>> WEEKS AFTER HURRICANE

MATTHEW SWEPT THROUGH THE

STATE, MANY ARE STILL

RECOVERING, AND THE PRINCEVILLE

FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NO

EXCEPTION.

TONIGHT THOUGH THEY RECEIVED A

GIFT FROM A FELLOW DEPARTMENT,

AND CANDACE SWEAT HAS THE

STORY.

>> REPORTER: NOT ONLY DO

FIREFIGHTERS HELP THE PUBLIC,

BUT THEY HELP EACH OTHER.

>> I'M GOING TO HAND THE KEYS

OVER TO CHIEF JAMES POWELL FOR

THE TRUCK [ APPLAUSE ]

>> THANK YOU.

>> REPORTER: AND JUST LIKE THAT

THE PRINCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT

RECEIVED KEYS TO THEIR NEWEST

ADDITION.

>> ONE FIRE TRUCK WILL MAKE A

BIG IMPACT, ESPECIALLY HAVING

OTHERS DOWN.

>> REPORTER: IT'S BEEN ROUGH

SINCE OCTOBER.

WHEN MATTHEW HIT, PRINCEVILLE'S

FIRE STATION WASN'T SPARED, AND

THEY LOST THREE OF THEIR FIVE

TRUCKS.

>> >. WHAT MY MEN ENCOUNTERED

OCTOBER 8th IS EASY COMPARED TO

NOW.

THE DEVASTATION OF NOT HAVING