Because the delivery of a new fire truck was delayed, the Hermon (ME) Fire Department decided to buy a $50,000 used apparatus as a stop gap, according to a report published by the Bangor Daily News.

According to the report, the used engine was purchase because the 1996 apparatus in reserve failed inspection because of a rusted frame. Had the new apparatus been delivered by July 1 as expected, the current 2009 front-line engine would have been moved to reserve and the 1996 unit retired, the report said, adding the delivery date for the new apparatus is still to be determined.

In June 2021, voters approved the appropriation of $585,683 for the new engine to be built in Michigan, according to the report that also said the delivery was delayed due to supply chain problems cause by the pandemic.

When the new truck is delivered, the town will sell the used truck, which has been purchased from a municipality in South Carolina, according to the report.

A $770,000 fire engine was put in service by the North Andover (MA) Fire Department recently, according to a report published by The Eagle Tribune.

According to the report, Engine 2 has a 450-horsepower engine, a 750-gallon tank and a 1,500 gallon per minute pump and has three functions, fire suppression, response to crashes and rescue calls and emergency medical service capabilities.

The new engine also carries as much equipment as an ambulance, but cannot be used to transport patients, according to the report.  

Retiring from the fleet due to the arrival of the new Engine 2 are two 2004 engines, according to the report, and the new apparatus will join with three other trucks that similar.

According to a report from The Greenville Sun, it was announced that the Tusculum (TN) Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD) will be moving into a new station in 2023 after the town board approved its construction on Monday.

The town’s Board of Mayor and Commissioners approved a contract with Greenville’s Idell Construction Co. to build the new three-bay, 16-foot-high, 60- x 80-foot fire station across from Tusculum City Hall at 145 Alexander Street.

The city Board of Mayor and Commissioners approved a contract with Idell Construction Co. of Greeneville to build the new fire station on land across from Tusculum City Hall, 145 Alexander St.

Idell Construction’s contract was approved for about $758,200, with about $550,000 being provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and the remaining $208,000 coming from the city fund balance.

The station will be constructed of prefabricated metal, or “package”-style.

The three-bay fire station will be a prefabricated metal, or “package”-style, building.

Building components should arrive within 12 weeks, company owner said.

Business owner Jeff Idell said construction will take a bout six to seven months, with onsite work beginning soon. His bid was the only one received by Tusculum.

Construction of the new station will allow the town’s police department to move into the garage space currently occupied by fire truck bays under city hall as well as an expanded meeting area above for the town recorder’s office.

TVFD Chief Marty Shelton said the new station will meet many fire department needs including extra space to accommodate the department’s primary response vehicles such as a recently purchased ladder truck to be housed in the building bays. The station will also include a new meeting room, kitchen, equipment storage and cleaning areas, and a design to allow for further expansion.

After completion, Shelton said the TVFD will look at other grant funding opportunities to secure a station generator for backup power, vehicle exhaust removal systems, LED programmable signage, wall-mounted gear storage racks for personal protective equipment, spare hose racks, and furniture.

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Six people, including five firefighters were hurt when a Washington D.C. Fire and EMS fire truck and a tour bus collided in Southeast, D.C., according to a report published by WJLA News 7, that added none of the injuries appear to be life threatening.

According to the report, the collision occurred at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Alabama avenues as the fire truck was responding to a call.

Five fire personnel where on the fire truck when the collision occurred and the tour bus was occupied by only the driver, according to the report which added that all were transported to a local hospital for evaluation.