HUNT, Texas — First responders in Hunt will soon have a new fire truck after Jefferson County Emergency Services District 3 donated one of its engines to help the department recover from July’s deadly Hill Country floods .

The donation comes after Hunt firefighters saved lives during the July 4 flooding while their own station and equipment were destroyed. “We both received donated equipment from around the state, from around the region, from locally in Jefferson County. From air packs to fire trucks, to bunker gear, all types of things, and now it’s just our turn to pay it forward, and it means a lot,” said Jefferson County ESD 3 Fire Chief Phillip Kibodeaux.

The department’s Engine 31, which had been in service for nearly 20 years, was replaced with a new truck on July 1. Leaders sai

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