The Pella Fire Department showcased its newest engine with fanfare Thursday afternoon, KniaKrls.com reported.

Members of the department drove the new Pierce Enforcer around the square for its arrival in the Tulip City as it soon enters the service, the report said.

A fire official said the engine has parallels to the first mechanically operated truck purchased 100 years ago — and that same vehicle was also showcased with the brand new unit, according to the report.

The Sandwich (MA) Capital Improvement Planning Committee approved buying a pumper truck for the fire department at its meeting October 19, CapeNews.net reported. The proposal will be presented to voters at a Special Town Meeting in November.

A fire official said the department started looking into the new pumper truck in March and had been able to lock in a price of $691,395 for a limited time, the report said. If that price had not been guaranteed it would now cost more than $800,000, the fire official said.

If approved, the truck would be paid for over a period of 10-15 years.

Greenfield City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to appropriate $500,000 toward the new fire station being built on Main Street near Coombs Avenue, Recorder.com reported.

Last month, the Fire Station Building Committee’s decision to award the $14.47 million contract to D.A. Sullivan & Sons resulted in a budget shortfall for the project of $2.75 million, the report said.

The previously approved $18 million budget included $2 million for the temporary fire station on Hope Street, which firefighters moved into in September 2021, according to the report.

The Prudential Committee that operates the Williamstown Fire Department, wanting clearer cost estimates, has postponed a special town meeting that will consider building a new station for around $20 million, BershireEagle.com reported.

The session will be moved from December 7 to early in January, according to an announcement by a member of the committee, during a Wednesday public forum on plans for the station, the report said.

The town will be asked to approve a financing plan for construction of a 27,000-square-foot, two-story station on Main Street next to the Aubuchon Hardware store, the report said. 

Grants and other incentive funding are being pursued, but the results won’t come in until early 2023, according to the report.

Umatilla County Fire District 1 held a groundbreaking for its new Station 24 in Stanfield, NBCRightNow.com reported. It thanked the community for its support, especially in passing the bond in May 2021.