A two-story, 14,800 sq ft fire station being built on water will soon be operational in San Francisco, reports ASCE.

The city posted to the Public Works’ website, “The new Fireboat Station No. 35 at Pier 22 1/2will be a two-story, 15,000+ sq. ft. fireboat station behind the existing fireboat house. The fireboat house is a San Francisco Landmark, and will continue to function as Engine Company No. 35.  The new structure will be built on top of a steel float and anchored by four guide piles. This will allow the new fireboat station to rise and fall with the natural tide of the Bay, King Tides and projected Sea Level Rise. San Francisco Fire Department’s three fireboats and rescue watercraft will be moored at the new floating facility.  The existing dilapidated Piers 22 1/2 and 24 will be demolished. 

Funding for this project is provided by the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESER) bond, which passed with 79 percent approval of San Francisco voters in June 2014.”

At the the Godfrey Fire Protection District (GFPD) board meeting, village officials presented a $50,000 check, reports The Telegraph.

In 2018, Godfrey village trustees voted unanimously to provide $500,000 to purchase the new fire truck and apparatus in exchange for a piece of land.

Ahmeek Fire Department is supplementing a United States Department of Homeland Security grant through GoFundMe to purchase a fire truck, reports Keweenaw Report.

The fire department posted to GoFundMe, “Last summer, we received a FEMA grant for a new rescue truck, totaling $173,000.00. We are $45,000 short of the total purchase price. This new vehicle is replacing a 1985 pickup truck that is a mechanical nightmare and unsafe. The rescue truck will carry a vast array of rescue equipment for various types of emergencies and it will respond throughout the region when requested.”

Firefighters took advantage of cool and moist weather on Wednesday to make additional progress on the Schneider Springs Fire in the north while preparing for the potential of a return to drier conditions this weekend and into next week. A bunch of new firefighters are arriving on the scene Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 10:11:25 AM - SOURCE: KIT 1280-AM & 99.3-FM

Fire crews stopped a second-alarm fire at about three acres before it had a chance to damage a nearby trailer near the Chelan Hills Acres Tracts development about a mile south of the Beebe Bridge on Wednesday. Kurt Blanchard, Douglas County Fire District 2 fire marshal, said on-scene firefighters believe the brush fire started from a burn barrel.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 10:00:46 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World - Metered Site