As Liberty’s Fire Department continues to add staff and expand the reach of existing equipment, the Liberty City Council on September 26 approved the purchase of land from Hallmark for Fire Station No. 3, NewsPressNow.com reported.

The $20,000 purchase will allow the city to expand the living quarters at the station, a fire official said, according to the report.

City staff reached out to Hallmark Cards, which owns the land around the station. As a result of these meetings, Hallmark agreed to sell the city roughly five acres around Fire Station 3, the report said.

The fire official said this will allow the department to complete the needed expansion and leave room for expansion in the future if needed. The $20,000 cost to purchase the land will be paid out of the Fire Sales Tax Fund, the report said.

At long last, the future of Dexter’s fire station is in the hands of the people, TheSunTimesNews.com reported.

City residents will decide on November 8 whether to approve two mils projected to generate $8.4 million for the construction of a new fire station or renovation of the current one, the report said.

The city’s current fire station at 8140 Main Street was built in 1957. By the turn of the millennia, modern fire-fighting technology and equipment had outgrown the old building. In the early years of the new century, village leaders began discussing updating the current station or building a new one. But, as many people know, those discussions repeatedly stalled over location, price, and design differences, according to the report.

The Dexter Fire Station is the interlocal Dexter Area Fire Department (DAFD) headquarters, which consists of Webster Township, Dexter Township, and Dexter. The current station also includes a substation for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, the report said.

The city is allocating $1 million from its General Fund for the new facilities, the report said.

Drivers along Highway 2 and residents around Skykomish are still being affected by the Bolt Creek fire, despite recent confusion over the status of the wildfire and how much of it is "contained." At one point, reports stated that the Bolt Creek fire was 97% contained. This week, that number went down to 13%.
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Minutes after the city officials cut the ribbon at the new Fire Station No. 2 on Thursday, Tupelo Fire Department got an emergency tone that sent the team of firefighters in attendance scrambling, DJournal.com reported.

The emergency call brought the celebratory event, which capped off more than a year’s worth of construction and planning that spanned multiple city administrations, to an end with a wail of sirens. It was a dramatic but fitting close, the report said.

The station, located on the corner of Clayton Avenue and Blair Street in the Gravlee neighborhood, replaces the previous Fire Station No. 2, which the city constructed in 1958, the report said.

With construction and occupation complete, a city official said the next step for the city would be to demolish the old station, located on West Main Street near Crosstown, according to the report.

Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y.

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Sep. 29—KINGSTON, N.Y. — A state grant totaling more than $56,000 to help the Kingston Fire Department purchase two emergency vehicles for land and water rescues was announced Thursday by state Sen. Michelle Hinchey.

Hinchey made the announcement on the Kingston Point Rail Trail. She was joined by Mayor Steve Noble, Kingston Fire Chief Chris Rea, and Capt. Bryan Cafaldo, the president of the Kingston Professional Firefighters.

“With the opening of new rail trails and the 500-acre Sojourner Truth State Park, the Kingston Fire Department had the foresight to recognize that they needed different rescue vehicles to help get people to safety and combat outdoor disasters both efficiently and timely,” Hinchey said in a press release. “The brave members of the Kingston Fire Department protect our community at all times, in all conditions, and through some of the most severe crises. I’m proud to deliver the grant funding they need to bolster their arsenal of emergency response equipment.”

The funding is going toward a utility terrain vehicle and a fireboat to help members fight fires and conduct rescues in areas inaccessible to firetrucks, including on local trails, in wooded areas, and along the Hudson River, the release said.

The awarded grant funding was secured through the State and Municipal Facilities Capital grant program administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York to support community and economic development. Hinchey has secured more than $1 million in SAM grant funding for firefighters in the 46th Senate District in just her first year in office, according to the release.

Photos: Press conference on grant for Kingston Fire Department

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