The Sartell (MN) Fire Department is set to take delivery of Tower 21, a $1.2 million E-One Platform truck, this month before placing it in service prior to year’s end.

The apparatus, which will replace the department’s current 1999 ladder truck, is a 100-foot aerial capable of holding several firefighters working from the platform at once, capacity its predecessor did not possess, officials say.

The truck is still being outfitted, and when it arrives it will join two engines, two grass trucks, an air van, two water tenders, and a rescue truck on the department’s fleet.

A facility to house fire apparatus and equipment at the Dickson County (TN) Municipal Airport was approved on first vote by the Dickson County Commission, reports tennesseean.com. If the commission approves in a second vote later this month, bids will likely go out in January.

Construction, which is expected cost upwards of $300,000, was made possible via ARP funds, the report says. State officials say that Dickson County received more than $10.47 million through the Tennessee Resiliency Plan.

Currently, a pumper can be left on airport property and used when first responders arrive.

SVI Trucks—Howard County (MD) Fire Department fireground support unit. Refurbished Pierce Lance flat 2-door cab and chassis; Cummins ISL engine; refurbished Onan 40-kW generator; 26-foot walk-in rescue body; two walk-in shower compartments; lavatory and sink; Bauer mobile SCBA fill station; refurbished Mako air compressor; Norcold refrigerator/freezer. Dealer: Mike Poetker, RedStorm Fire & Apparatus, Baltimore, MD.

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