2007-11-25 Makeshift brigade makes a stand and wins

2007-11-25 \citizen empowerment\firefighting\California\emergency management http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-scene25nov25,0,2321098.story?coll=la-tot-topstories&track=ntothtml Makeshift brigade makes a stand â€” and wins "The professional firefighters didn't roll up to Corral Canyon in time Saturday. So Matt Haines finally had his chance to rev up and roll out the private firetruck he bought at a public surplus auction. .. Haines' 31-year-old pumper truck and his tanker truck of similar vintage -- purchased from the Merced County Fire Department -- helped a do-it-yourself fire brigade save a dozen homes when flames encircled their El Nido neighborhood."   