When it comes to fire departments, it’s all about the brotherhood.

That comradeship was on full display Tuesday morning when the West Penn Fire Company donated one of its pumper tankers to another fire department.The lucky recipient of the 1983 fire apparatus turns out to be the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, located in Tennessee.Dennis Fritzinger Jr., West Penn Fire Chief, said the township used the tanker for about 15 years, but added it is no longer up to state codes.It’s not safe for them to be riding on the back any more, Fritzinger said.”With it being a bigger truck, it was harder to get in and out of smaller driveways.”Fritzinger said the fire company tried selling the tanker, but once that failed, decided to donate it to the Tennessee-based fire department.“It feels great to help another fire department,” Fritzinger said. “For us to be able to help another fire department that’s a little less fortunate, it feels great.”Kevin Brantley, Sharps Chapel Assistant Fire Chief, said the department was more than willing to accept the generous offer presented by West Penn.“We’re thankful that this department was gracious enough to donate this truck to our department,” Brantley said. “That’s what it’s all about; the brotherhood of it.”Brantley made the approximate 600-mile trip, along with Sharps Chapel Fire Chief Chris Upton and Deputy Chief Mason Simpson, to West Penn to pick up the truck.“We’ll get the truck, put equipment on it, and put it in service as quick as possible,” he said.Video of pumper: https://www.facebook.com/tnlehighton/videos/1214254725277990/