The Santa Barbara County Fire Department announced the delivery of six new Type 1 fire engines. The new engines will provide updated technology advancements, safety systems and service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County.

The engines have been tailored to meet the specific needs of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Crews will receive specialized training on the new engines, after which the engines will be placed in service.

This rollout continues our commitment to the modernization of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department firefighting fleet.

Stations receiving new engines include Fire Station 12 (5330 Calle Real, Goleta), Station 13 (4570 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara), Station 21 (335 Union Ave, Orcutt), Station 26 (1596 Tiffany Park Ct, Orcutt), Station 27 (41 Newsome St, New Cuyama) and Station 32 (906 Airport Rd, Santa Ynez).

The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund over the weekend donated three fire trucks and three trailers full of equipment and gear to three Eastern KY fire departments.

Companies receiving the apparatus are the Lee County Volunteer Fire Department, the Vincent Volunteer Fire Department, and the Sandy Hook Fire Department, reports wtvq.com.

The equipment includes air tanks, turnout coats, helmets, and more, and officials say it will benefit the departments for years to come.

The organization is in New York and donates apparatus and equipment to in-need departments, especially in rural areas; Farrell was a firefighter who lost his life on 9/11, the report says.

All donations were delivered to the Lee County Volunteer Fire Department in Beattyville.

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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