Following city council approval, the Midland Fire Department will have three new Sutphen G2 Pumpers—totaling $1,842,085—within the next couple of years or so, reports ourmidland.com.

One fire truck is covered by the FY 2021-22 Equipment Revolving Fund (ERF) budget, officials say, but it needed an increase of $1,184,190 for the other two apparatus.

Officials estimate that the department will take delivery of the trio of fire trucks between March and May 2024.

The department already has a Sutphen ladder and engine in each of the city’s three fire stations, the report says.

A 25-year-old Warren County volunteer firefighter was found guilty of improper driving after he crashed a fire truck into another vehicle on November 11, reports nvdaily.com.

Earlier: Front Royal (VA) Fire Department’s Engine 1-Bravo Involved in Collision

Conor Wright, of Front Royal Volunteer Fire and Rescue, entered a plea deal in the Strasburg Road crash, and his charge was reduced from the class 1 misdemeanor of reckless driving, the report says.

Also, Wright was issued a $500 fine with $100 suspended, and he must stay out of trouble for a year and pay $74 in court costs. He faced up to 12 months in jail and a fine of upward of $2,500 as well as court fees, according to the report.

The incident happened as Wright was driving a fire truck east on Strasburg Road with two colleagues on their way home from a call, according to the report. The apparatus swerved to avoid rear-ending a vehicle and then collided with a westbound 2013 Toyota Tacoma.

Months after a December tornado twister tore apart the Trumann fire station, the department is working to rebuild.

The tornado ripped off two sections of the firehouse with three firefighters inside back in December. No one was injured and firefighters quickly pulled apparatus from the wreckage.

But the long-term rebuild is taking longer. As the plans come together for a $3.5 million fire station, the department is operating from trailers and a storage building.

Freehold borough volunteer firefighters will surely be dancing in the dark after rumors that they’ll be relocated to make way for a planned Bruce Springsteen museum proved to be untrue, reports app.com.

Borough officials say that the department will not be moved—its 49 W. Main St. station has served as the borough hall, the police station, and department headquarters since 1919—until it has a new home.

The facility has become cramped and outdated, according to the report, and, to preserve its historic nature, the borough last year reached out to the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University to create a museum for The Boss.

Tentative plans call for the new fire station to be built in the same area as its predecessor, and officials say they hope to break ground in early 2023 and finished the same year. Museum officials estimate the Springsteen museum will open in mid-2024.

Everybody needs a place to rest!

The Torrington Fire Department has announced a push-in ceremony at Station 1 for Tower 1 on Friday at 6 p.m.

All are invited to attend.

The department says on Facebook that some residents have asked why the department needs a new fire truck. The department responded in a multi-part series. See all the responses below.