Residents in Riverside Village (IL) will have new fire apparatus protecting the community after the village board members voted to purchase a new Pierce Enforcer pumper for $698,000, according to a report published by the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark.

According to the report, the new engine cost $698,000 and is being paid for with some of the roughly $1.2 million the village received from the American Rescue Plan Act fund. And, because the apparatus was bought through a consortium of government agencies purchasing program, the village did not have to go through a competitive bid process, the report said.

The new engine will be completed within 18 to 20 months, according to the report.  

No one was hurt when a semi-trailer truck hit a Plainfield (IL) Fire Protection District reserve truck as it was blocking a previous crash on Interstate 55 on Tuesday morning, according to a report published by Local Today, Illinois News.

According to the report, the crashed into the engine at about 11:45 am at the scene of a single-car crash while crews were examining the driver who declined medical treatment.

The report says the fire engine sustained damage to the driver’s side. The mirror was ripped off, the windshield was smashed and metal on the door was damaged, the report said, noting that firefighters expect the damage to be repaired quickly.

A new $800,000 fire engine was put in service with the Columbus (GA) Fire Department on Monday morning, the first new truck to join the fleet in five years, according to a report published by WRBL News 3.

The report says the truck was funded with money from the American Rescue Plan as well as money from the general fund. The new apparatus is one of five new engines and two ladder trucks the department will be adding to its fleet in the next five months, according to the report.

The new engine, which was pushed into the station by firefighters as part of a long-standing tradition, was put in service fully equipped and ready to go, complete with a host of new technology, according to the report.

St. Louis firefighters were at the scene of a large fire at an abandoned warehouse near the Mississippi River just north of the Gateway Arch. The St. Louis Fire Department said the fire is at a warehouse near the intersection of North 1st Street and O'Fallon Street. The first call for the fire came out at around 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis

Worcester firefighter Ryan Kelley had a scab on his temple for two years that never really healed. He hadn’t done anything about it, when his whole truck decided to attend a free cancer screening held by DetecTogether and UMass Memorial Health at Polar Park last year. When doctors from UMass saw the scab, they told Kelley it looked like basal cell skin cancer.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mass Live