Harmony Fire District gets silo rescue tube, awards for life saving efforts
HARMONY — Monday, June 5, was a special day for the Harmony Fire District and several area first responders.
The fire district was given a grain silo rescue tube from the Butler County Farm Bureau before firefighters, police officers and paramedics were recognized by UPMC for saving the life of a Zelienople business owner and Vietnam veteran who suffered a heart attack while driving on a rainy night in April.
Farm bureau representatives Evelyn Minteer and James Boldy presented the rescue tube that the bureau purchased by raising money.
The rescue tube is the fourth that the bureau has purchased for volunteer fire departments in the county. The others have been given to the Prospect, North Washington and Saxonburg volunteer fire departments.
The bureau donated the tube, which cost more than $3,500, and $1,000 for the district to train firefighters how to use.
