The City of Waco’s Fire Station is nearing completion, reports Everything Lubbock.

Fire Station 6 is nearing completion! The building stands on the former site of the 25th Street Theatre, which opened in 1945. The new building will have a design that reflects the old theatre & include community room space. We can't wait to see it complete! #wacofire #wacotexas pic.twitter.com/Ug4pzNlCny

— City of Waco, Texas (@cityofwaco) September 1, 2021

Officials have voted to donate $1 million to the Allen Township Fire Company for the purchase of an elevated waterway vehicle, reports The Home News.

Two manufacturers were approached to make the vehicle. While the truck costs $1,020,000, the fire company can receive a substantial discount by paying in full, bringing the cost down to $985,000. Fire Chief Dale Hassler said the fire company also recently applied for a $16,000 grant. 

Yakima firefighters were busy Wednesday with two fires — one that scorched nearly a half-acre on the Yakima Greenway and another that badly damaged a home. Crews were first called to the Greenway about 12:30 p.m., where a fast-spreading fire was feeding on timber north of the McGuire Community Playground, according to a Yakima Fire Department news release.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 1:12:54 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black will have been serving the county for a year. And as part of his plan for the future of firefighting in Jefferson County, Black’s proud to announce that starting Sept. 1, three personnel are being promoted to battalion chief.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 1:06:11 PM - SOURCE: Port Townsend Leader

During a recent meeting, Globe (AZ) City Council authorized the lease/purchase of a wildland pumper for the Globe Fire Department, reports silverbelt.com.

The apparatus is a Rosenbauer Timberwolf Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Pumper, the report says, and Globe has been pursuing it for two years.

Officials say the apparatus is equipped to handle wildland calls as well as those with the city’s downtown area. The purchase will come via a lease/purchase option with Republic First National, with a proposed price of $525,538 and annual payments of $81,412 over seven years, the report says.

A November delivery is anticipated, with the first annual payment due in or after July 2022. City officials are still working to get funding from the state.

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