Thomasville Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire truck is scheduled for delivery next week, a city official told council members at the work session and council meeting Monday. The truck has been on order for two years, TheThomasvilleTimes.com reported.

The new truck is a pumper/ladder truck with a smaller ladder, the report said.

At the meeting it was restated that the city was considering selling the old downtown fire station to Thomasville Baptist Church. A city official said negotiations will proceed, the report said.

Three fire trucks are housed at the downtown station, all over 30 years old, according to the report. The plan is to sell two of the trucks and to keep one as a reserve.

That will leave the volunteer fire department with seven trucks, the report said.

Friendship Fire Company in Danville invited the community to celebrate the arrival of its new fire truck, Truck 19, Saturday, November 12.

According to a news release from the company, there were stations with hands-on activities for children, fire demonstrations, food and more.

The event ran from 1-4 p.m. and visitors included members from other firehouses, County Commissioner Trevor Finn and a representative from the Nanticoke Fire Department.

Emergency calls earlier this week taxed the resources of East Jefferson Fire Rescue, the department said. A surge in 911 calls “left us at status zero for too long,” Chief Bret Black said in a press release. “We need more firefighters and paramedics.” Status zero is a 911 industry term used by emergency dispatchers that means that all available fire and emergency medical service units are committed and there is nothing left for the next emergency call.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online

Columbia-Richland Fire says no injuries have been reported in a large house fire reported on Thursday afternoon. According to a department spokesperson, the two-alarm fire was called in around 5 p.m. on Rusty Mill Drive - roughly three miles east of Pontiac in northeastern Richland County. About 50 fire department personnel responded to the fire, which displaced six people.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia