Portland (TN) city council recently approved plans to spend more than $1.2 million to purchase a new fire engine and police cars, reports lebanondemocrat.com.

The apparatus and equipment would be purchased during the 2022-23 fiscal year at a max cost of $975,000, the report says.

Officials say the current ages of the department’s engines are 36, 20, and nine years old; its two ladder trucks are 30 and 10 years old.

The department has three outstanding loans, the report says, but by the end of 2024 there should be $95,000 in debt freed up. It’s also looking into grants to replace a ladder.

The Secord Township (MI) Fire Department recently took delivery of a $470,000 2021 Freightliner engine from CSI Fire Apparatus, reports gladwinmi.com.

The apparatus was originally ordered in February 2020, but COVID-19 delays pushed it to take 23 months to build, the report says.

The apparatus has a 1,750-gallon-per-minute pump and holds 3,200 gallons of water and a light tower.

The engine, which will be paid for out of the department’s budget, will replace its 1996 predecessor, which failed NFPA pump inspection, according to the report.

Pierce—Black Jack Fire Protection District, Florissant, MO, 75-foot aerial ladder quint. Dash CF cab and chassis; Detroit Diesel DD13 505-hp engine; Pierce PUC midship 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tank; Harrison 3-kW generator; heavy-duty aluminum aerial ladder. Dealer: Dan McDonnell, MacQueen Emergency, Eureka, MO.

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