PHOTOS: Unused, unwanted and in disrepair, an old fire truck that began service in Rockport when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House has been sold. But the 1928 American LaFrance ladder truck will not be far away when it settles soon into its new home, a cavernous, backyard former chicken coop on Barnstown Road.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Camden Herald

The Palisades Fire is now 50% contained as of Monday morning. According to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), at least 50 firefighters will be on scene Monday, including three 10-person crews, six engines and three tenders. DNR states that all level 3 evacuations have been downgraded and are still holding at level 1.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

A paraglider died after crashing into a tree near Tiger Mountain near Issaquah Sunday evening. Eastside Fire and Rescue responded to rescue the paraglider on Tiger Mountain Road Southeast near Southeast 144th Place. The paraglider was stranded about 30 feet up a tree, according to Eastside Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Eastside Fire and Rescue units are battling a three-alarm brush fire in North Bend near the 47300 block of Southeast Grouse Ridge Access Road. EF&R first tweeted about the fire just after 5 p.m. Sunday. About 15 minutes later, the department announced that the response had been upgraded to a third alarm.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

As questions about reliability and maintenance of fire apparatus with the Ridgefield (CT) Volunteer Fire Department, authorities are looking to accelerate buying two new ones and seriously considering revamping how rigs are maintained, according to a report published by The Ridgefield Press.

According to the report, the community was planning to buy the new apparatus in 2024 and 2025, but the repairs and downtime the existing fleet has experienced recently, forced authorities to speed the process up.

The town has $1.8 million in a surplus funds account which could be used to buy the new apparatus, according to the report, which also noted that an apparatus failed while on a call and another rig just got a $65,000 engine.

Additionally, Ridgefield is planning to merge the fire maintenance department by entering into an agreement with the Danbury (CT) Municipal Airport, according to the report that said the cost of the agreement would be one mechanic which could cost upward to $120,000.

Voters will be asked to approve funding for the new trucks, which will be standardized with Danbury, on Sept. 21, according to the report, and the shared maintenance facilities will likely be activated n July 2023, according to the report.