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.

No injures were reported after a pickup truck hit a Columbus, MS, fire station but the building sustained significant damage, according to a report published by WCBI.

The television station reported the driver of a pickup truck reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road before she slammed into the fire station at about 60 mph.

There were three firefighters in Station 5, on Lehmberg Road at the time of the crash which happened at about 2 am on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

A structural engineer has been called into to do an assessment of the damage and make a report to the insurance company, the station reported. Preliminary estimates suggest that 90 percent of the building remains intact, but the firefighters and equipment has been moved out and relocated, according to the report.

The last three of seven new fire trucks has been delivered to Jackson (TN) Fire Department, according to a report published by WBBJ 7 News.

The new trucks will replace ones that are nearly 30-years-old and will feature new technology, the television station reported.

Computer screens in the trucks will show addresses and types of calls and events to which the firefighters are responding, the station reported.

The trucks are expected to be in service within the next three weeks, the TV station reported.

Officials recently announced that more than $3 million in federal aid is coming to fire departments in Falmouth, Kennebunk, and Jefferson, as well as the Maine State Fire Academy in South Portland, reports centralmaine.com.

Kennebunk will get $2.6 million to hire eight new firefighters via FEMA’s Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program. Falmouth, Jefferson, and the fire academy will receive portions of the remaining $688,000, the report says.

Falmouth will use the funds to purchase SCBA apparatus and an air compressor system; Jefferson will acquire mobile radios, portable radios, and pagers; and the fire academy will use the aid for instructor training and an air compressor system.