The McGuffey Volunteer Fire Department was awarded $15,000 and the Village of Rawson in Hancock County was awarded $9600. Both will purchase one extractor, 20 gloves and 20 hoods.

 

The fire departments are receiving the funding under the BWC’s Firefighter Exposure to Environmental Elements Grant Program

The addition of Rescues 17, 37, 44 and 61, plus Engine 61, means an improvement in the home and business owners’ ISO insurance risk rating in parts of the city’s Westside, Baymeadows Road and Imeson Road area, and includes a new fire station soon to house the fire truck and one of those rescue units.

Calling him happy with the new units “would be an understatement,” the chief said. These are brand new in areas of town that need more service, Wilson said.

“The only fire station we have built since 2012 was Station 62 on Bartram Park Boulevard,” he said.

The fire department had already announced last year that Fire Station 73 is being done at 5845 Aviation Ave. just south of Normandy Boulevard and 103rd Street, to be joined by the city’s backup 911 emergency call center next door, a joint facility for the Sheriff’s Office and fire department when both are opened this year. When completed, the new station will receive the fire engine now at Station 56 next to the runways at the sprawling 23,000-acre Cecil Commerce Center, as well as a new rescue unit now housed at Station 17 on Huron Street.

The 1974 Van Pelt firetruck is the school’s first piece of structure fire equipment and will aid greatly in the training of firefighters and students pursuing firefighting careers, Stephens said.

While the school has offered wildland firefighter training through its Emergency Response Center, it has been able to expand its offerings to structural fire training with the help of the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy.

The fire department is set to purchase two used firetrucks from New York’s Levittown Fire District. These will replace two of Highland’s oldest engines.

Interim Fire Chief Brian Wilson said the trucks, along with the plans for a new public safety building and renovation of the Broadway station make 2019 a big year for the department.

The two trucks are currently being inspected to meet qualifications for the sale, which was a requirement from the City Council. The trucks are a 1995 and 1998 Pierce Lane Pumper.