York (NE) has started the process toward building a new fire station, YorkNewsTimes.com reported Wednesday.

As part of the budget, city officials agreed to take $500,000 from the city’s reserves as the start of a “savings account” toward this large project, the report said.

City officials will start touring fire departments in other communities similar to York, where they too have a paid staff as well as volunteers. Some communities have built new stations in the past few years and those will be reviewed as a starting point when planning for the future, according to the report.

The current station was built in 1969. In April of 1968, a bond issue passed and a new fire/police complex was built for $188,000 at the corner of Eighth Street and Grant Avenue, the report said.

The Renton Regional Fire Authority recently announced that it has acquired four new vehicles to their stations including an aid unit, and three fire engines. The newest aid unit called Station 17 home and is currently in service, serving the Fairwood community. The latest fire engine the department received resides at Station 13 and will serve the Benson Hill area.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 1:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Renton Reporter

A man has been charged with arson after Moses Lake police say he lit several large bushes on fire outside a business. Andrew B. Nuval, 24, is charged in Grant County Superior Court with second-degree arson and second-degree reckless burning. His bail has been set at $15,000. Moses Lake firefighters and police responded just before 7 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 12:46:00 PM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio

Lorain City Council opened up its checkbook and will fund nearly $1 million in improvements for its fire department, MorningJournal.com reported Wednesday.

The council voted unanimously at its September 6 meeting to fund a $292,400 roof repair at the Central Fire Station, located at Broadway and West 14th Street, and pay for a $633,000 Sutphen pumper truck, the report said.

The council voted 10-0 to approve both ordinances, according to the report.

A fire official conceded that the new truck is expensive, but is needed because the fire department is down two trucks and the pumper being replaced is 24 years old, the report said.

Lorain City Council opened up its checkbook and will fund nearly $1 million in improvements for its fire department, MorningJournal.com reported Wednesday.

The council voted unanimously at its September 6 meeting to fund a $292,400 roof repair at the Central Fire Station, located at Broadway and West 14th Street, and pay for a $633,000 Sutphen pumper truck, the report said.

The council voted 10-0 to approve both ordinances, according to the report.

A fire official conceded that the new truck is expensive, but is needed because the fire department is down two trucks and the pumper being replaced is 24 years old, the report said.