The Blaine (KY) Volunteer Fire Department has received a $750,000 grant to build a new fire station replacing one that burned nine years ago, according to a report published by WYMT Mountain News.

According to the report the department has been working out of a draft two-bay garage with equipment and apparatus stored at various locations across the town and the community center is used for training.

Fire officials have called the state grant game changing and will help put the department back together, all in one location, according to the report.

Firefighters are still patrolling for hotspots but a wildfire Tuesday north of Chelan was kept to about 25 acres and no homes were damaged. Fire districts from Chelan and Douglas counties, the U.S. Forest Service, state Department of Natural Resources and Bureau of Land Management, along with air support, all responded to the fire Tuesday afternoon burning along Union Valley Road.
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Stroud (OK) Fire Department has a new command vehicle in service, after losing one in a 2020 wildland fire, thanks to a donation from the local hospital, according to a report published by KFOR 4 News.

According to the report, the fully-equipped Ford F-150 truck, worth about $35,000 was donated to the department by Aven Health Partners, Stroud’s hospital management company.

The new apparatus, known as the chief’s car, or the fly car, will be used by a senior officer and will carry equipment, radios and technology to help operations at large and small incidents, according to the report.

Fire officials say it was a perfect time to receive the new vehicle as wildfire season ramps up, according to the report which also says it allows firefighters to get to the scene quickly to help marshal resources and provide on-scene information quickly.

E-ONE—Madison (MS) Fire Department pumper. Typhoon medium cab and chassis; Cummins L9 400-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Akron 125-gpm eductor foam system for Class A foam. Dealer: Rick Stuardi, Sunbelt Fire, Fairhope, AL.

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Sugarloaf (CO) Fire Protection District’s Station 2 was broken into and ransacked overnight on Monday, into Tuesday morning and authorities are looking to see who did it, according to reports from the Daily Camera and the department’s Facebook page.

According to the Facebook post, the station at 1360 Sugarloaf Road was entered and the storage areas, apparatus and equipment was pillaged and items were stolen.

“Although we are still trying to piece together exactly what was taken, we are still fully functional and will be able to respond to our customers’ need,” the department said in its Facebook posting. “Cleanup is in progress.”

Firefighters are working with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office to solve the case and are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.