Belleville (MI) city councilors recently voted unanimously to buy a new fire truck for $650,000, according to a report published by Belleville-Area Independent.

The report said the new truck will be ordered through R&R Services, a Spartan Emergency Response dealer for the area, and will be delivered in 220 days.

The city’s fire chief told the councilors he said fire truck prices are increasing about 7% every month and the dealer selling the particular truck to Belleville has a shorter wait time than competitors, according to the report. Additionally, the city recently learned it had been approved for a $490,000 federal grant to pay for a 1989 truck, according to the newspaper’s report.

The new truck will have a pre-wired intercom headset system, outlets for power and a booster hose reel, according to the report.

Firefighters with the Vernon Fire Department will dedicate a new aerial on Saturday with a traditional “wet-down” ceremony, according to a report published by Patch.com.

According to the report, Tower 541 is a 2022 Pierce rear-mount aerial with a price tag of $1.1 million and will replace a 1994 model that served the town well.

The truck has many features not available when the truck it replaces was purchased nearly 30 years ago, according to the report.

Smeal—Santa Clara (CA) Fire Department two rescue pumpers; Spartan Metro Star cabs and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engines; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tanks; 25-gallon foam cells; Hale SmartFOAM 3.3 single-agent foam systems; Command Light CL602AW2 light towers; Harrison 8-kW generators. Dealer: Roy Cobb, Fire Apparatus Solutions, Rialto, CA.

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