UPDATE #LA2213: There were 102 passengers and 6 crewmembers on board. 4 passengers suffered serious, 36 minor injuries. Two firemen aboard the truck died, a third is in critical condition. This accident also marks the 1st ever hull loss of an Airbus A320Neo. https://t.co/H4OwkCNk83 pic.twitter.com/tf8rxE51UZ

— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) November 19, 2022

Otra toma del momento exacto que impacta la moto bomba con el A320neo de LATAM Airlines pic.twitter.com/hanygonfRN

— Nicolás Larenas (@n_larenas) November 18, 2022

A LATAM Airbus A320neo and an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle collided at Jorge Chavez Airport in Lima, Peru on Friday afternoon.

Footage of the incident shows the fire apparatus traveling rapidly at the airport and crossing a runway. It was then struck by an Aerbus A320 that was apparently taking off at the airport, though some conflicting reports say the plane was landing at the time.

Video shows passengers exiting the aircraft after a fire broke out, but the plane did not explode. LATAM reports that there were no casualties among the plane’s passengers or crew.

Media outlets initially reported that four firefighters died in the crash. Later reports corrected that and reported that two firefighters who were in the vehicle died.

It’s not clear why the ARFF was crossing the runway at the time of the crash.

The Louisville Fire Department has a new tool – a rescue boat, WLKY.com reported. LFD’s previous frontline rescue boat was damaged in a storm in the summer of 2018.

The boat was, in part, paid for with the federal port security grant, and it arrived at the LFD port last week, the report said.

The boat comes with four water turrets that can be manned manually or electronically, according to the report. All four can shoot 1,500 gallons of water per minute. To put that into perspective, the 1976 cutter’s hoses shoot out 150 gallons per minute.

For the first time ever rescue crews will have access to a thermal camera, the report said. Previously, when conducting a water rescue, they would have to use flashlights and dive teams. Now they can locate a human or any other living object so long as their body temperature is hotter than the water’s.

Three crews are still training on it, the report said, and they’ll continue to train on it for the next few weeks.

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While the financial hits keep coming for a new planned Ocean City fire station, the project narrowly avoided another major snag this week thanks to a slim council majority, OceanCityToday.com reported.

At a work session Tuesday, four council members voted in favor of adjusting the city’s bond issue to cover the latest cost projection, $10.5 million, for the planned 65th Street station, the report said. The vote edged out opposition votes, who shot down the measure for reasons that ranged from wanting more information, to simply objecting to the overall price tag, the report said.

With the approval, the payments for the new station will come from a portion of a multimillion-dollar bond issue originally slated for the Baltimore Avenue utility burying project, according to the report. They also do not include a previously promised contribution from the volunteer fire company.

A new Fire Station 3 has been at the top of the city’s wish list for some time, as the current facility at 74th Street becomes increasingly less adequate to serve the paid and volunteer firefighters who use it, the report said.

Initial estimates for a new station in front of the public safety building on 65th Street came in at roughly $5.5 million early last year, but later skyrocketed to $12.7 million with inflation and high construction costs, according to the report.

Brentwood Fire & Rescue will hold a grand opening for Fire Station 5 at 9 a.m. December 17. Parking is at Jordan Elementary, 9714 Split Log Road, with shuttle service to Station 5.

Speaking at the grand opening will be Brentwood city commissioners, Fire Chief Brian Goss, Deputy Fire Chief Brian Collins and City Manager Kirk Bednar.

The $9 million fire station will be a two-story, two-bay, 10,000-square-foot building that will house a single company, or a fire crew of three personnel. 

The city of Brockton (MA)’s Procurement Office is auctioning off a used fire engine from 1981 to the public, EnterpriseNews.com reported.

The high bid for the Mack Model CF611F fire truck currently sits at $4,700, but the reserve price has not yet been met, the report said.

Interested buyers can submit a bid online at any time before the deadline, which is 11:58 a.m. Monday, November 21.

All the proceeds from the auction will go directly to the city of Brockton.

The truck, which is fully operational and “runs well” but does not have a water pump, currently has 75,587 miles and contains an E6-260 engine and Allison HT-740D transmission, according to the online “Municibid” auction listing.