After Lamar (CO) Fire Department’s fire engine failed its annual pump certification recently, the city council held a last-minute meeting and decided to purchase a demonstrator pumper to replace it, according to a report published by The Prowers Journal.

The media outlet reported the councilors voted to spend $590,598 for a 2021 Pierce Enforcer demo engine which happens to be in Frederick, CO, and can be delivered in 30 to 45 days.

A lower price pumper with a price tag of $551,855 was also available, but would take up to 120 days for delivery and would require an additional $20,000 to install a foam system the firefighters need, according to the report.

The new engine will replace the city’s oldest structural firefighting apparatus which is 30 years old and past its retirement age, according to the report.

The Campbell (WI) Fire Department received more than $130,000 in AFG money to upgrade its Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBA), reports wxow.com.

The volunteer firefighters of the Campbell Fire Department submitted the AFG application with the hopes of saving the town money.

The grant only designates funds for this critical, survival equipment. For example, a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus allows firefighters access to oxygen while in buildings filled with smoke.

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The Immokalee (FL) Fire Control District recently took delivery of its new Pierce 107-foot ladder truck, part of the department’s new fleet.

Crews will train on the apparatus over the next few weeks, and it will go into service when the Station 32 opens.

A new $2 million Saybrook (OH) fire station on the west side of Route 45 is closer to fruition, reports starbeacon.com.

Township officials are reviewing designs and waiting to hear from the Buffalo District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, about the new, 8,000-square-foot station on a three-acre site they hope to build on the north end of the property, the report says. The design includes four drive-through bays and living quarters.

Fire officials say a new Station 2 was a priority for the 3.5-mill levy funds, which voters approved in November. The levy generates about $550,000 a year, according to the report.

A Centralia man has been charged for allegedly starting a dumpster fire that spread to the Rent-a-Center in the 2000 block of Borst Avenue and caused an estimated $6,000 in damages. Fire crews and law enforcement responded to the Rent-a-Center just after 8 a.m. on Aug. 25 and found the fire had spread from the dumpster to the exterior siding on the building.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2021 5:46:09 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle