The Hoover City Council on Monday night voted to pay $1.3 million for a former bank property on U.S. 31 in the Green Valley area so the Hoover Fire Department can relocate Fire Station No. 1 there, HooverSun.com reported.

The property, owned by Village Stations Inc., is between Salvatore’s Pizza & Pasta and the Stone Creek Dental Care building and has 120 feet of frontage along U.S. 31, a city official said.

For many years the city has been trying to find land to relocate Fire Station No. 1, the report said.

The existing station, which is behind the Hoover Court shopping center, is the oldest municipal building in the city. It was built by volunteer firefighters and used as both a fire station and meeting place even before the city incorporated, according to the report.

While it has been renovated and expanded over the years and functioned well for 50 to 60 years, it’s still old and not as functional, modern and visible as city officials would like it to be, the report said.

The city of Hickory has received a new fire truck. The Smeal/Spartan Custom Fire/Rescue Pumper replaces a 2003 General Fire Apparatus Spartan Pumper, which will be placed in reserve status for the next several years, HickoryRecord.com reported.

The cost for the new apparatus was $647,415. The city received a discount of $10,765 for pre-paying a portion of the purchase price. The apparatus was purchased through Atlantic Coast Fire Trucks, LLC, the report said.

The apparatus features intakes on both sides and all discharges come off the front or rear. This provides more efficient and safe operations for the crew and apparatus operator, according to the report.

The apparatus has the latest in light emitting diode (LED) emergency lighting and reflective stripping that is critical during night operations. As the apparatus approaches the scene, exterior brow mounted scene lighting can be turned on from inside the cab illuminating the front, left side and right side of the apparatus. This feature provides initial high intensity lighting at the scene of an auto accident, to aid in locating a numerical address or lighting the surrounding area at a structure fire, the report said.

Engine No. 5 will be stationed at Fire Station No. 5 located at 1425 21st Street Drive SE.

The Clarendon Fire Department convinced a majority of the select board to spend $300,000 in federal funds to cover the purchase of a replacement tanker truck, RutlandHerald.com reported.

The board voted 3-2 last week to approve the spending of $300,000 in American Recovery Plan Act funds on the department’s proposal, the report said.

A Clarendon fire official said at the September 26 board meeting that the department seeks to replace a 1991 tanker truck which was used when the department bought it. The older truck can carry 1,300 gallons of water. The vehicle he seeks to replace it with could carry 2,000 gallons, the report said.

The new truck likely would be used often at crash scenes, being fitted with a hydraulic extraction tool and parked so as to shield emergency workers from any oncoming traffic, the report said.

It will cost $330,000, according to the report. The department’s fire truck fund currently has about $50,000 in it. The department puts $15,000 in the fund annually. A city official said the town will receive a total of $721,300 in ARPA funds. To date, it has $486,960.

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