Work has begun on a new pumper truck for the New Canaan Fire Department, according to the below post on the department's Twitter page. "This new pumper will be known as 'Engine 7' and will run as the primary engine," wrote New Canaan fire officials in a statement.

Gregg Kunes (right) of Kunes Country Ford, Delavan, presents Fontana Fire Chief Wolfgang Nitsch and the village of Fontana with a 2017 F350 pickup truck at the Monday meeting of the Fontana Village Board. Nitsch said the new truck will be used to fight brush and grass fires, transport personnel to incident scenes, tow Fontana’s 26-foot Lake Assault fire boat and to pull the department’s special operations trailer which carries water rescue and dive equipment.

The public is invited to welcome a new fire truck into service in Lincoln. Fire Station 8 is unveiling a new truck on Wednesday. As part of the ceremony, Lincoln Fire and Rescue will continue the long tradition of driving the older fire truck out of the station and pushing the new one in.

An SUV crashed into an ambulance about 9 a.m. Thursday in central Baytown, police said, injuring two first responders. Baytown Fire Department Medic Unit No. 4 was just two blocks from its destination - a car crash scene - when a Cadillac Escalade SUV hit the side of the ambulance at the intersection of North Main and Defee, Baytown officials said.