On June 18, the City of Johannesburg (South Africa) opened the Protea Glen Fire Station, which serves the community of Protea Glen as well as Naledi, Mapetla, Protea North, Lufereng, and Lenasia.

The facility is a multi-purpose station and is also the home of the 10th BESAFE CENTRE—the Emergency Management Services Public Information, Education, and Relations team responsible for educating all residents about life and fire safety—in Johannesburg.

In addition, city officials announce that Johannesburg has received 10 fire and rescue vehicles previously paid for by the prior administration.

“The City had paid an amount of R172 million [just over $12 million] for fire engines which were never delivered and for which the current administration vowed to recover value for the residents of Johannesburg whose monies were irregularly and unlawfully dispensed without benefit. Today (June 18), in line with a Judgment of the High Court, we have successfully recovered five new fire engines and an additional five rapid response rescue vehicles to serve the communities of Johannesburg,” says Mayor Makhubo in a press release.

The opening of the station and arrival of the vehicles coincide with Johannesburg’s approval of R326-million [almost $23 million] to acquire apparatus for all its 31 stations.

Ten people were hurt after an FDNY truck smashed into the side of a minivan in Brooklyn (NY) on Friday afternoon, reports nbcnewyork.com.

Of the 10 people injured, eight were in the minivan and two were firefighters. Six of the eight hurt are adults; none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.

The accident happened at the intersection of Driggs Avenue and South 5th Street in Williamsburg around 3 p.m., officials say. The apparatus was responding to multiple calls of a fire when it collided with the minivan.

The cause is under investigation, and officials haven’t said how fast the truck was going, if its lights and sirens were on at the time, or why the van was unable to get out of the way.

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A 1990 Sutphen Deluge fire truck is among the items that will be auctioned off by the city of Marion (OH) next Saturday, reports NBC4i.com.

The apparatus, which has amassed 99,124 miles and 9,649 hours in service, joins a 1974 Hughes/Schweizer 269 C helicopter with a total fly time of 11,282.4 hours and more than 15 collectible automobiles in the sale.

Higgins Auctions will be conducting the auction, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 26 at 9 a.m. at the Marion Municipal Airport. Online bidding will be available beginning at 10 a.m.

More info on the auction can be found here.

A dedication was recently held for the 3,700-square-foot, $962,000 Station 3 located on North Bethel Road, which will be used by the Priceville (AL) Volunteer Fire Department recently opened, reports Yahoo.

Officials say a growing population and subdivisions under construction in the town necessitated the new station.

The half-acre property on which the station sits belongs to the Morgan County Board of Education, which has given Priceville a 99-year lease for $1 a year, officials say. Priceville made the last payment on the station construction this month and has $26,000 budgeted for station equipment.

Officials add the new station will decrease the town’s ISO rating and homeowners’ fire insurance premiums.

The new digs, which includes two engine bays and a large meeting room, has been talked about for four years and had its groundbreaking in 2020.

“So proud that the City of Priceville has a new fire station tonight,” Priceville Mayor Sam Heflin wrote on Facebook. “Thanks to the previous Mayor and Council for starting the project and for the current Council for finishing it. I believe it is something that we can all be proud of. A very special thanks to the men and women that make up our great fire department they are the unsung heroes of our community. No matter if it’s a fire in the middle of a snow storm, a rope rescue on a bluff a truck in a resturant or just a lift assist at the Terrace they are always there. I hope we can continue to provide you the tools to do what you do.”

KME—Mantua Township (NJ) Fire Department flushback pumper. Severe Service LFD with 10-inch raised-roof cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 179-inch flushback body constructed of 12-gauge stainless steel; Harrison 10-kW generator. Dealer: Skip Stinger, First Priority Emergency Vehicles, Flanders, NJ.

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