Although Cowlitz County fire departments report much of their workforce is vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the state’s vaccine mandate deadline, leaders are concerned about how the requirement could affect the emergency response system. Gov. Jay Inslee in early August announced the requirement for most state employees, health and long-term care workers to be vaccinated by Oct.
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Maury County Safety Committee has approved more than $300,000 in grant funding to purchase a new fire truck and an assisting vehicle, reports The Daily Herald.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Grant covers half of the $661,177 required to cover the purchases.

The purchase will replace a fire truck that overturned in February during a snowstorm. The fire department is also moving forward with plans for a new fire station. Preliminary plans for the facility will include a wood-framed fire house and a pre-engineered metal building to serve as a four-door bay for the operation’s fire engine and resources.

A Jacksonville man who stole a fire truck was sentenced, reports WLDS 1180.

Cory Fisher entered a plea of guilty on charges from two separate incidents. He faced charges of class 1 felony aggravated unlawful possession of a stolen fire truck, and class A criminal trespass to a vehicle.

He took the truck on a joy-ride through the north end of town with two members of the fire department on top of the rigs floor. He was later apprehended.

Fisher was sentenced to two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by one year of mandatory supervised release.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a fire station that will replace Marco Island’s original fire station, reports Marco Eagle.

Marco Island City Hall posted to Facebook, “Today we broke ground on the Fire Rescue Station, which will be reconstructed to include a hurricane rated emergency operations center, training room, data center, and the home for our Fire Rescue personnel. Congratulations to the City Council and current and former Fire Chiefs who made this project possible. We will have a first rate facility to serve the residents and employees of the City.”

The old fire station is worn out, not built to current codes, with a host of issues. Firefighters are looking forward to a new fire station.

Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue donated a surplus fire engine to a fire department in California, reports KOLO 8.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “TMFR has donated a fully stocked Fire Engine to Indian Valley Fire & Rescue which provides oversight for the fire stations in Greenville, Taylorsville, North Am, and Genesee, California – all of which have been impacted by the devastating #DixieFire. On Aug 4, the fire station and all fire suppression equipment was destroyed in the fire. TMFR Fire Chief Moore along with Chief Officers were on hand to present the Engine to Indian Valley Fire Chief Bob Orange following the Board of Fire Commissioners’ approval on Tuesday.”

The 1994 Navistar fire engine is fully stocked with hoses, extrication tools, fans, ladder and generator along with EMS supplies.