High River council has given the OK for the town's fire department to donate some old equipment.

Fire Chief Cody Zebedee told council the Self Contained Breathing Apparatus was being replaced as part of this year's capital budget.

In fact, he says the new equipment had arrived just before Monday's council meeting.

The old equipment will be donated to Alberta Fire Aid, where it'll be cleaned it up, checked out and sent to another department in need.

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