Volunteer fire squad declares bankruptcy: Unit in Guernsey County owes creditors $150,000.

From: The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) | Date: February 17, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Tom Sheehan

Feb. 17--A Guernsey County volunteer fire department, mired in debt and in danger of losing one of its engines, filed for bankruptcy to hold creditors at bay. The Old Washington Volunteer Fire Department owes $150,000, including about $90,000 in loans on two firetrucks, Fire Chief Nathan Laughman said this week. "We're going to stay open," Laughman said. "We filed for protection. . . . A creditor was going to take a truck." G. Thomas Manning, president of the Ohio State Firefighters Association, said he is unaware of a similar situation.

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