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.”

Houston (MO) Fire Department has completed getting it’s new engine in service with a delivery of new equipment last week, according a report published by the Houston Herald.

According to the newspaper, Engine 2351 was bought through MacQueen Emergency, a Pierce dealer, in Eureka, MO for $580,000 with $435,000 coming from a US Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant and $145,000 from a one-cent sales tax.

Now that the apparatus is fully in service, it is the first due for all emergencies in the city, according to the newspaper.

Tyler (TX) Fire Department has welcomed three new apparatus into its fleet, according to a report published by Tyler Morning Telegraph.

According to the paper, the department got a new engine and two new aerials to replace older apparatus.

The paper reported the new apparatus are state-of-the-art and are designed to be safe and to better serve the citizens.

A house suffered damage after a runaway San Antonio (TX) fire truck rolled down a street, crashing into a car, utility pole, and a fence before it stopped against the house, according to report published by KSAT television station.

The station reported the truck was parked on the street near the fire station when it started to roll away with firefighters chasing after it. It happened on Stafford Street near Fire Station 5.

The truck rolled for a block with the firefighters in hot pursuit before it slammed into the house at the intersection of Benton and Stafford streets, according to KSAT.

What caused the fire truck to roll away is under investigation, the station reported.