Horry County (SC) recently paid $200,000 for around 2 acres of land near the intersection of S.C. 90 and S.C. 22 on which it plans to build a fire and EMS station, reports myhorrynews.com.

County officials say the project would close the volunteer stations at Wampee and Nixonville—Stations 5 and 12—and staff the new facility with full-time crews.

The estimated completion date for the new station is fall 2023, and, although there have been no formal estimates, the price tag is expected to exceed $2 million, the report says. Officials say the funding is already lined up.

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The Seymour (IN) Fire Department (SFD) broke ground on its $5.75 million replacement Station 2 at 1019 W. Second St.

Replacing the station, built in 1967 at 500 W. Fifth St., has been in the works for about a decade, according to tribtown.com. In 2019 the new facility received the green light.

Earlier: Seymour (IN) Fire Station Construction Planned for Summer

On the heels of the new digs, SFD plans to add an assistant chief position, the report says.

The city—which paid $403,000 to Premier Ag Co-op for the site in late October—is issuing $9.9 million in bonds to pay for the construction of the new fire station and renovations to its Station 1 and City Hall, according to the report.

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VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Two firefighters were injured while battling a massive house fire in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County early Tuesday. The firefighters were taken to the hospital with burn and trauma injuries, though their injuries are not life-threatening, according to officials on scene. Multiple other firefighters have been treated at a paramedic staging area on scene as the 3-alarm blaze in the 3000 block of Barrington Lane continues to burn hours later.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown

VIDEO: A crew assigned to film a Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association training session captured a rescue mission when a man drove his vehicle into the water in Havre de Grace on Sunday. The First Arriving film crew was filming Susquehanna Hose Company's rescue boat and dive team for HCVFA when a man drove his vehicle off the marina parking lot and into the water next to the fire boat.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-AM 1090 Baltimore