The Clinton City Council approved applying for a Community Development Block Grant of $500,000 for the initial purchase of a fire truck, reports WLBG Radio 860.

A replacement is needed for a 1995 KME truck that was taken out of service due to mechanical issues and sold at auction.

The city would use a lease purchase arrangement to obtain the necessary equipment to outfit the truck. That equipment would total another approximately $200,000.

Among four items up for consideration at Wednesday’s Special Town Meeting in Bernardston (MA) is funding for a fire station addition project, reports gazettenet.com.

Officials will be asking at the meeting to set aside $130,000 of a voter-approved $3 million to get the first wave of fire station expenses covered, officials say. It’s mainly for invoices generated from the construction of the addition, a project that was approved in May, the report says.

The Special Town Meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Bernardston Elementary School gym. More information on the fire station project, as well as the other three items on the agenda, can be found here.

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The largest fire fighter’s union in the U.S. and Canada will conduct a virtual service honoring members who died protecting their communities.

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) will hold a virtual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Remembrance on Saturday, September 18 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). The names of 225 fire fighters and emergency medical personnel who died in the line of duty will be etched onto the Wall of Honor at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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The names of the fallen include 19 who died from illnesses linked to Ground Zero toxic exposures following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 20 years ago and 24 who died from COVID-19. The names of the fallen will be highlighted during the virtual event, which will be broadcast online at www.iaff.org/fffm21.

“These fire fighters and paramedics remained committed to keeping their communities safe through their very last days, even as the dangers they faced expanded,” says IAFF General President Edward A. Kelly. “Although we are unable to hold our ceremony in person, we will  pause to honor our brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the line of duty from fire scene tragedies, cancer, trauma, post-traumatic stress and now duty-related COVID-19. We will always pay tribute to our fallen, and we will make sure their loved ones will never be forgotten.”

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A new $5.4 million fire station is now open and providing services to Beavercreek Township (OH), according to a report published by the Dayton Daily News.

According to the newspaper report, the new station is dedicated to former fire chief Treber “Bud” Crawford, who forecasted the need for a fifth fire station back in the 1970s and encouraged township officials to buy the land upon which the new station sits.

Station 65 has accommodations for up to six firefighters at a time, but is typically staffed by three, the newspaper reported, adding that it was paid for in part by a 2019 fire and ems levy.

Rebuilding of the Pentagon fire station destroyed during the 9/11 attacks is finally building traction and might be moving to the design phase after more than two decades, according to a report published by NBC Washington 4.

According to the television report, for the last 20 years, firefighters have had to use a temporary trailer facility for the fire station and a helipad tower that doesn’t meet national firefighter standards, according to the report.

According to the television station, the process of rebuilding the facility has been delayed several times due to unanticipated cost increases.

The new timetable for the work on the new station suggest construction will start next month with completion set for 2023, according to the television station report.

The project which is still in design phase was funded by an act of Congress in 2019, the station reported.