Agawam (MA) Fire Department has been awarded nearly $6,000 to upgrade river rescue equipment, according to a report broadcast by WWLP 22News.

The $5,995 grant was given to the department by the Commonwealth Security Trust Fund offered by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Office of Grants and Research, according to the television station.

Funds will be used to buy an inflatable water and ice rescue craft and will primarily help to keep rescuers safe on running water, including the Connecticut River that runs through the town, according to the report.

Agawam firefighter hope to purchase the craft before the end of the year and it will be used with other communities within the Western Massachusetts Technical Rescue team, the television station reported.

City councilors in Avon (OH) decided to increase the fire department appropriation by $60,000 for new fire equipment for the department’s new fire engine, according to a report published by The Morning Journal.

The new truck was purchase about a year ago, but was never fully equipped, according to the newspaper.

Five more trucks and four ambulances from the Shreveport (LA) Fire Department’s fleet are in the shop after this past weekend, reports ktbs.com.

The engine of a nearly 30-year-old apparatus caught fire inside Station 14 on Greenwood Road on Friday, the report says. Then, a truck that responded from another station to extinguish the flames broke down in front of the station. Officials say it was repaired on the street by a mechanic.

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The department’s reserve garage—which is normally full—is now down to one old truck.

Mutual aid agreements with Bossier City and Ballentine Ambulance Service have filled in, so Shreveport was only down one ambulance on Monday—while four are in the shop.

Officials say the station will remain fully operational to protect the public, despite the shortages.

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