Andover (MA) firefighters decommissioned a 131-year-old fire station with the help of the USS Constitution honor guard taking down the flag to march it to be raised at the new fire station down the street, according to a report published by The Eagle-Tribune adding the trucks were also backed into the new facility during the same ceremony.

The move to get a new fire station in the historic southwest part of the town has been years in the making with the approval of the new Ballardvale fire station won in 2018 with appropriate of $8 million for the project, the newspaper reported. The building was supposed to be completed early this spring, but the pandemic delayed the project, the newspaper reported.

As a tribute to the old station, the new station is adorned with a weathervane featuring two horses, representing Sam and Jerry, the two original equine that carried firefighting equipment when the station first opened, according to the newspaper report.

The Greeneville (TN) Fire Department broke ground on a new fire station today, Aug. 31, to replace a station that was built in the late 1950s, according to a report published by The Greeneville Sun.

The newspaper reported the new, $3.66 million station will be about 9,000 square feet, house a frontline engine, a reserve engine and full equipped hazmat response unit with space for a future emergency operations center.

The station will also have three drive-through apparatus bays and serve the south side of the city and have decontamination rooms to keep carcinogens from the living quarters of the building, the newspaper said.

It will be one of four stations maintained by the community, the newspaper reported.

With a $761,000 grant, the Steubenville (OH) Fire Department will be purchasing a new aerial with a 55-foot ladder, according to a report published by the Herald-Star.

The city was notified on Friday, Aug. 27, that a FEMA Assistance to Firefighter grant was award to the city, according to the report. Steubenville will pay a $39,000 match to receive the funds.

The grant money will be used to replace a 1996 TeleSqurt that has some mechanical issues costing the department as much as $15,000 to maintain, according to the newspaper report.

Now that the grant has been secured, the department is trying to determine exactly what kind of apparatus it wants, whether it’s another TeleSqurt, or a quint or a straight aerial, the newspaper reported. In any event, the city is prepared to wait several months for delivery, the paper added.

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