Charleston’s newest, multimillion-dollar fire station is now open roughly three years after a ground breaking, reports WCSC 5.

The new station sits directly adjacent to the Charleston 9 Memorial, which is at the site of the 2007 fire at a furniture store that killed nine firefighters.

Minutes after a 2021 E-One pumper was placed in service, the newly dedicated fire enginge responded to its first alarm, reports The Belmontonian.

The pumper features a 1,500 gallon per minute pump, integrated foam delivery system and has been configured to support a modern fire service. Engine 2 also has the capability to support hazardous materials responses, technical rescue incidents, and provide advanced life support medical care.

The Medford City Council authorized the purchase of a custom-built $823,743 pumper truck, reports Mail Tribune.

The pumper will be able to deliver up to 1,500 gallons a minute if connected to a hydrant or tender, along with a 750-gallon tank.

The new pumper will offer new benefits to the fire department:

• Hoses will be placed lower on the rig to prevent minor injuries.
• A shorter wheelbase for more ability to maneuver around city streets.

The price of the fire truck will rise in September due to an increase of the cost of steel. So, the fire department and city plan to pay for the truck before that date.

Medford Fire-Rescue last bought a new pumper in 2015, at a cost of $731,200.

One of the reserve pumpers will be retired after 25 years of service when the new rig arrives, and one of the older frontline pumpers will be put in reserve.

Money from the American Rescue Plan Act will cover the cost for most of three new fire trucks for the Victorville (CA) Fire Department, according to the Victorville Daily Press.

The city council recently voted to purchase the three new fire engines and an exhaust extraction for $2.7 million with just a small portion of the funds coming from general funds, the newspaper reported.

The money for the trucks is part of the $33.5 million Victorville’s allocation of the federal rescue plan, the paper reported.

The new trucks will replace some that were built 25 years ago, or more and have cost the city money to keep on the road, the newspaper reported.

By contract, the new trucks will be built 12 to 13 months, according to the report.

E-ONE^®, a subsidiary of REV Group^® and a leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce the delivery of four (4) TITAN^® 4×4 Air Transportable (AT) ARFF vehicles for Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defense Canada (DND).

The TITAN AT meets all the performance requirements of NFPA 414 and is specifically designed to fit on a C-130 Hercules aircraft, allowing the vehicles to be deployed by air throughout Canada and around the world. As the latest configuration of the E-ONE TITAN product line, the AT is about two-thirds the size with a transport weight of less than 26,000 pounds and GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) of approximately 42,000 pounds, compared to 62,000 pounds of the full-size TITAN.

The vehicles feature the E-ONE ECOLOGIC™ foam test port which allows the vehicles to be tested without the environmental impact of dispersing foam.

The TITAN AT rigs also include the following features:

• Cummins 500 horsepower engine and Allison 4000 EVS^™ transmission
• Cushman power divider
• Darley PSP 1500 GPM water pump
• 1060-gallon (4013 liter) water / 80-gallon (303 liter) Class “B” foam concentrate tank
• 250-lb dry chemical system
• 100-foot twinned dual agent hose reel
• Winterization package for plumbing system
• A structural pump panel
• Akron dual flow bumper turret and Akron dual flow roof turret
• 5 kw diesel generator

In adding these four ARFF vehicles to its fleet which will be placed in service at military bases throughout Canada, DND worked with E-ONE’s dealer 1200 Degrees/Techno Feu.

“Our dedicated team at E-ONE came together to design and produce an amazing vehicle,” said RJ Jones, Director of Government and Airport Products, E-ONE. “The ingenuity and quality built into this product is remarkable. To provide such a capable emergency vehicle, meeting the strict specifications of DND to this scale was truly an accomplishment.”