The Northborough (MA) Fire Department is closer to building its new fire station with the acceptance of the deed for the $1.1 million parcel of land for the facility, according to a report published by Community Advocate.

According to the report, voters appropriated $3.5 million for the purchase of the land in 2019, as well as funds to pay for site costs, a project manager and architectural service for the new station.

The site formerly had a garage and diesel fuel tanks on it which needed to be removed and land cleaned before the deed could be transferred, according to three report which indicated it took about a year to complete.

The current station was built in 1975 and firefighters say the department’s mission has grown since then and now includes an ambulance service which means a larger facility is required, according to the report.

This fall, the Seattle mayor’s office and city council have agreed to jointly create a new type of crisis response unit to be available when people call 911. Right now, 911 calls in Seattle go overwhelmingly to police or the fire department. To offer more options — like in Austin, Texas, for instance, where dispatchers offer “police, fire, medical, or mental health" — Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold said they have to first undertake “back-of-the-house work.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 9:55:08 AM - SOURCE: KUOW.org

The Mount Desert (ME) Fire Department recently signed a contract to purchase a $955,801 combination rescue/pumper apparatus, according to a report published by Mount Desert Islander.

According to the report the company chosen to build the apparatus offered a $42,000 discount if the town would agree to close on the sale by the end of the week, a condition the town’s officials were prepared to complete.

Funding for the new truck will be taken from the fire equipment reserve account according to the report that also said the new rig, described at the MVP Rescue Pumper will have an immense capacity for carrying equipment.

E-ONE—Allensville (PA) Volunteer Fire Department pumper. Typhoon long cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump; 1,030-gallon polypropylene water tank; Harrison 8-kW generator. Dealer: Mike Jamison, Fire Line Equipment, New Holland, PA.

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A half million-dollar fire truck was undamaged after a 30-year-old local man allegedly took a Gloversville (NY) Fire Department on a joyride earlier this week, according to a report published by News 10 ABC.

According to the report, the fire truck was stolen from in front of the fire station at about 6 am on Wednesday, Sept. 23 and the man who allegedly took it drove it into a nearby parking lot at City Hall.

Firefighters and police officers apprehended the man, Steve Horton of Gloversville and he was taken into custody after a brief struggle, according to the report. The suspect, who had lead police on a car chase on September 9, was charged with second-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal possession of stolen property and resisting arrest in connection with the fire truck incident, according to the report which added he was remanded to jail on $15,000 cash bail.