With help from a $1.4 million grant, the Torrington (WY) Fire Department recently took delivery of its new 43-foot-long, 10-foot-high, 8-foot-wide, 76,000-pound Pierce 100-foot tower.

The grant, via the state, paid for 75% of the project, while the department was responsible for the remainder, according to a report in starherald.com; the city paid half of that and Rural District Fire 3 paid the other half.

Once the funds were acquired, the order was submitted in November 2020, with the apparatus arriving in mid-January. It’s the department’s first aerial.

Crews have been training on the aerial recently, as you can see below:

Three firefighters sustained injuries in a fire truck accident in Gastonia (NC) over the weekend, reports riccilawnc.com.

The accident took place on Saturday at 10:51 a.m. on Bud Wilson Road near Woodbeam Lane, as an apparatus was responding to a call. On Woodbridge Drive, the engine suddenly left the roadway and overturned, causing severe damage, according to the report.

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First responders were dispatched to the scene, but not before three firefighters were injured. The firefighters were taken to a hospital for treatment and are expected to be OK, the report says.

An investigation into the collision is underway.

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